Commentary on Plotinus, Volume 4: Ennead III, Part 1

Marsilio Ficino

ISBN 10: 0674974980 / ISBN 13: 9780674974982

Published by Harvard University Press, 2017

About this Item

Marsilio Ficino (1433 1499) was the leading Platonic philosopher of the Renaissance and is generally recognized as the greatest authority on ancient Platonism before modern times. The I Tatti edition of his commentary on Plotinus, in 6 volumes, contains the first modern edition of the Latin text and the first translation into any modern language. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: HBLA1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 20 x 13. . . 2017. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Commentary on Plotinus, Volume 4: Ennead III, Part 1
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674974980
• ISBN 13: 9780674974982
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Marsilio Ficino (1433–1499) was the leading Platonic philosopher of the Renaissance and is generally recognized as the greatest authority on ancient Platonism before modern times. Among his greatest accomplishments as a scholar was his 1492 Latin translation of the complete works of Plotinus (204–270 CE), the founder of Neoplatonism. The 1492 edition also contained an immense commentary that remained for centuries the principal introduction to Plotinus’s works for Western scholars. At the same time, it constitutes a major statement of Ficino’s own late metaphysics. The I Tatti edition, planned in six volumes, contains the first modern edition of the Latin text and the first translation into any modern language. The present volume also contains an extensive analytical study of Ficino’s interpretation of Plotinus’s Third Ennead.

About the Author

Stephen Gersh is Professor of Medieval Studies at the University of Notre Dame.