| When Philosophers Rule: Ficino on Plato's Republic, Laws & Epinomis Contributor(s): Farndell, Arthur (Translator) |
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ISBN: 085683257X ISBN-13: 9780856832574 Publisher: Shepheard-Walwyn Publishers OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2009 Annotation: Searching for a definition of good government, this commentary from Marsilio Ficino examines three Platonic dialogues that have had a profound effect on Western statesmen and jurists. A leading scholar of the Italian Renaissance--who translated all the works of Plato into Latin--Ficino prepared these notes for Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of the republic of Florence, who aspired to be the kind of enlightened ruler Plato described. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical |
| Dewey: 184 |
| Series: Commentaries by Ficino on Plato's Writing |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.00 lbs) 192 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Searching for a definition of good government, this commentary from Marsilio Ficino examines three Platonic dialogues that have had a profound effect on Western statesmen and jurists. A leading scholar of the Italian Renaissance--who translated all the works of Plato into Latin--Ficino prepared these notes for Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of the republic of Florence, who aspired to be the kind of enlightened ruler Plato described. |