Marsilio Ficino : his theology, his philosophy, his legacy / / edited by Michael J.B. Allen and Valery Rees with Martin Davies.

This volume consists of 21 essays on Marsilio Ficino (1433-99), the great Florentine scholar, philosopher and priest who was the architect of Renaissance Platonism and whose long-lasting influence on philosophy, love and music theory, medicine and magic extended across Europe. Grouped into three sec...

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Superior document:Brill's studies in intellectual history, v. 108
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Year of Publication:2002
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 108.
Physical Description:1 online resource (533 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Michael J. B. Allen , Valery Rees and Martin Davies
  • Ficino the Priest / Peter Serracino-Inglott
  • The Camaildolese Academy: Ambrogio Tra Versari, Marsillo Ficino and the Christian Platonic Tradition / Dennis F. Lackner
  • Marsiijo Ficino as a Christian Thinker: Theological Aspects of His Platonism / Jörg Lauster
  • Late Antiqui1y and Florentine Platonism: The ‘Post-Plotinian’ Ficino / Christopher S. Celenza
  • Ficino, Augustine and the Pagans / Anthony Levi
  • Echoes of Egypt in Hermes and Ficino / Clement Salaman
  • Prisca Theologia in Marsilio Ficino and in Some Jewish Treatments / Moshe Idel
  • Life as a Dead Platonist / Michael J. B. Allen
  • Marsilio Ficino and the Plato-Aristotle Controversy / John Monfasani
  • Intellect and Will in Marsiijo Ficino Two Correlatives of a Renaissance Concept of the Mind / Tamara Albertini
  • Orpheus Redivivus: The Musical Magic of Marsilio Ficino / Angela Voss
  • Ficino, Theriaca and the Stars / Donald Beecher
  • Concepts of Seeds and Nature in the Work of Marsillo Ficino / Hiroshi Hirai
  • Narcissus, Divine Gazes and Bloody Mirrors: The Concept of Matter in Ficino / Sergius Kodera
  • Ficino, Archimedes and the Celestial Arts / Stéphane Toussaint
  • Neoplatonism and the Visual Arts at the Time of Marsilio Ficino / Francis Ames-Lewis
  • Ficino’s Advice to Princes / Valery Rees
  • The Platonic Academy of Florence / Arthur Field
  • Ficino in the Firing Line: A Renaissance Neopla to Nist and His Critics / Jill Kraye
  • Ficino and Copernicus / Dilwyn Knox
  • ‘To rauish and refine an earthly soule’: Ficino and the Poetry of George Chapman / Stephen Clucas
  • Illustrations / Michael J. B. Allen , Valery Rees and Martin Davies
  • Bibliography / Michael J. B. Allen , Valery Rees and Martin Davies
  • List of Contributors / Michael J. B. Allen , Valery Rees and Martin Davies
  • Index / Michael J. B. Allen , Valery Rees and Martin Davies
  • Brill’s Studies in Intellectual History / Michael J. B. Allen , Valery Rees and Martin Davies.