| Platonic Theology: Books XII-XIV Contributor(s): Ficino, Marsilio (Author), Allen, Michael J. B. (Translator), Hankins, James (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0674014820 ISBN-13: 9780674014824 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Language: Latin Published: July 2004 Annotation: "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 spirituality of the Renaissance. This is the fourth of a projected six volumes. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Renaissance - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical |
| Dewey: 186.4 |
| LCCN: 000053491 |
| Series: I Tatti Renaissance Library |
| Physical Information: 0.95" H x 5.5" W x 8.16" (1.09 lbs) 371 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 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 spirituality of the Renaissance. This is the fourth of a projected six volumes. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hankins, James: - James Hankins is Professor of History at Harvard University and founder and General Editor of the I Tatti Renaissance Library. He is the editor of The Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Philosophy and Renaissance Civic Humanism and is widely regarded as one of the world's leading authorities on humanist political thought.Allen, Michael J. B.: - Michael J. B. Allen is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles. |