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Loading... Gardens of Philosophy: Ficino on Platoby Arthur Farndell
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Marsilio Ficino (1433-99) was a philosopher, scholar, priest physician, writer andmusician. In other words he was a "Renaissance Man". In this collection we have short commentaries on twenty-five of the dialogues of Plato and his letters. Ficino had translated the dialogues into Latin for Cosimo de' Medici. The commentaries provide a unique view of Plato and his work as it was viewed during the Italian Renaissance. ( ) no reviews | add a review
Under the patronage of the Medici family, Marsilio Ficino translated into Latin and commentated on the meaning and implications of key works by Plato--including 25 of Plato's dialogues and 12 letters ascribed to the philosopher. The 40 concise articles in this collection comprise the first English translation of Ficino's works and provide an insightful glimpse into the philosophy that contributed to the Renaissance. No library descriptions found. |
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