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Platonic Theology: Volume 3 Books IX-XI (The I Tatti Renaissance Library) [Volume 3 only]
Marsilio; (Translation By Michael J.B. Allen) Ficino
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Description for Platonic Theology: Volume 3 Books IX-XI (The I Tatti Renaissance Library) [Volume 3 only]
hardcover. This is a translation of the visionary work and the philosophical masterpiece of Marsilio Ficino, who was largely responsible for the Renaissance revival of Plato. "Platonic Theology" is one of the keys of understanding the art, thought, culture and spirituality of the Renaissance. Translator(s): Warden, John; Allen, Michael J.B. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 143 x 32. Weight in Grams: 492. Volume 3 only. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
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, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Series
The I Tatti Renaissance Library
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674010659
SKU
KSG0033630
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About Marsilio; (Translation By Michael J.B. Allen) 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: Volume 3 Books IX-XI (The I Tatti Renaissance Library) [Volume 3 only]
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