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Platonic Theology
Marsilio Ficino
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Description for Platonic Theology
Hardcover. Marsilion Ficino's Platonic evangelising was eminently successful and widely influential, and his Platonic Theology, translated into English in this edition, is one of the keys to understanding the art, thought, culture, and spirituality of the Renaissance. Editor(s): Hankins, James; Bowen, William. Translator(s): Allen, Michael J.B. (Professor of English, University of California, Los Angeles, USA); Warden, John. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 384 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 524.
The Platonic Theology is a visionary work and the philosophical masterpiece of Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499), the Florentine scholar-philosopher-magus who was largely responsible for the Renaissance revival of Plato.
A student of the Neoplatonic schools of Plotinus and Proclus, he was committed to reconciling Platonism with Christianity, in the hope that such a reconciliation would initiate a spiritual revival and return of the golden age. His Platonic evangelizing was eminently successful and widely influential, and his Platonic Theology, translated into English for the first time in this edition, is one of the keys to understanding the art, thought, culture, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Series
The I Tatti Renaissance Library
Condition
New
Weight
525g
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674007642
SKU
V9780674007642
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About Marsilio Ficino
Michael J. B. Allen is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles. James Hankins is Professor of History at Harvard University and founder and General Editor of the I Tatti Renaissance Library. He is the author of Virtue Politics: Soulcraft and Statecraft in Renaissance Italy, winner of the Marraro Prize and a Times Literary Supplement Book ... Read more
Reviews for Platonic Theology
The Loeb Classical Library...has been of incalculable benefit to generations of scholars...It seems certain that the I Tatti Renaissance Library will serve a similar purpose for Renaissance Latin texts, and that, in addition to its obvious academic value, it will facilitate a broadening base of participation in Renaissance Studies...These books are to be lauded not only for their principles of ... Read more