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Commentaries on Plato: v.1: Phaedrus and Ion
Marsilio Ficino
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Description for Commentaries on Plato: v.1: Phaedrus and Ion
Hardback. Contains the author's analysis and commentary on the Phaedrus, which he explicates as a meditation on "beauty in all its forms" and a sublime work of theology. This title explores a poetics of divine inspiration that leads to the Neoplatonist portrayal of the soul as a rhapsode whose song is an ascent into the mind of God. Editor(s): Allen, Michael J.B. Translator(s): Allen, Michael J.B. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 442.
Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499), the Florentine scholar-philosopher-magus, was largely responsible for the Renaissance revival of Plato. The publication of his Latin translations of the dialogues in 1484 was an intellectual event of the first magnitude, making the Platonic canon accessible to western Europe after the passing of a millennium and establishing Plato as an authority for Renaissance thought. This volume contains Ficino's extended analysis and commentary on the Phaedrus, which he explicates as a meditation on beauty in all its forms and a sublime work of theology. In the commentary on the Ion, Ficino explores a poetics of divine ... Read more
Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499), the Florentine scholar-philosopher-magus, was largely responsible for the Renaissance revival of Plato. The publication of his Latin translations of the dialogues in 1484 was an intellectual event of the first magnitude, making the Platonic canon accessible to western Europe after the passing of a millennium and establishing Plato as an authority for Renaissance thought. This volume contains Ficino's extended analysis and commentary on the Phaedrus, which he explicates as a meditation on beauty in all its forms and a sublime work of theology. In the commentary on the Ion, Ficino explores a poetics of divine ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Series
The I Tatti Renaissance Library
Condition
New
Weight
443g
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674031197
SKU
V9780674031197
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About Marsilio Ficino
Michael J. B. Allen is Distinguished Professor of English, University of California, Los Angeles, and the author of The Platonism of Marsilio Ficino.
Reviews for Commentaries on Plato: v.1: Phaedrus and Ion
Occasionally, a book arrives on my desk that makes me absurdly happy. And in this miasmal winter of our fiscal discontent, I am grateful for such small serendipities...The first is Volume 1 of Commentaries on Plato by 15th-century Florentine scholar and magus Marsilio Ficino.
(01/23/2009)
(01/23/2009)