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 inspiration that leads to the Neoplatonist portrayal of the soul as a rhapsode whose song is an ascent into the mind of God. Both works bear witness to Ficino's attempt to revive a Christian Platonism and what might be called an Orphic Christianity.
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Publisher
Harvard University Press
ISBN-13
9780674031197
eBay Product ID (ePID)
94816832
Product Key Features
Book Title
Commentaries on Plato: Volume 1: Phaedrus and Ion
Author
Marsilio Ficino
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Popular Philosophy
Publication Year
2009
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
203mm
Item Width
133mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Marsilio Ficino
Translator
Michael J. B. Allen
Series Title
The I Tatti Renaissance Library
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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