Platonic Theology, Volume 4 Books XII XIV

Ficino, Marsilio/ Allen, Michael J. B. (Translator)/ Hankins, James (Editor)/ Bowen, William R. (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0674014820 / ISBN 13: 9780674014824

Published by Harvard Univ Pr, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Platonic Theology, Volume 4 Books XII XIV
• Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674014820
• ISBN 13: 9780674014824
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New

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Synopsis

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.

About the Authors

Michael J. B. Allen is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles.

James Hankins is Professor of History at Harvard University and founder and General Editor of the I Tatti Renaissance Library. He is the author of Virtue Politics: Soulcraft and Statecraft in Renaissance Italy, winner of the Marraro Prize and a Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year; Political Meritocracy in Renaissance Italy: The Virtuous Republic of Francesco Patrizi of Siena; and Plato in the Italian Renaissance; and editor of The Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Philosophy. Widely regarded as one of the world’s leading authorities on Renaissance philosophy and political thought, he is a Corresponding Member of the British Academy.