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Marsilio Ficino

Born

in Figline Valdarno, Italy

October 19, 1433

Died

October 01, 1499

Genre

Philosophy, Religion, Spirituality

Influences

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Marsilio Ficino (Italian: [marˈsiːljo fiˈtʃiːno]; Latin name: Marsilius Ficinus; 19 October 1433 – 1 October 1499) was an Italian scholar and Catholic priest who was one of the most influential humanist philosophers of the early Italian Renaissance. He was also an astrologer, a reviver of Neoplatonism in touch with every major academic thinker and writer of his day and the first translator of Plato's complete extant works into Latin. His Florentine Academy, an attempt to revive Plato's Academy, had enormous influence on the direction and tenor of the Italian Renaissance and the development of European philosophy. ...more

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	Commentary on Plato's Symposium on Love 3.85 avg rating — 139 ratings — published 1469 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Meditations on the Soul: Selected Letters 4.39 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 1997 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Three Books on Life by Marsilio Ficino, Carol V. Kaske (Editor), John R. Clark (Editor) 4.14 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1489 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Platonic Theology, Vol. 1: Books I–IV by Marsilio Ficino, Michael J.B. Allen (Translator), James Hankins (Editor) 4.11 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book of Life 3.90 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1980 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Platonic Theology, Vol. 2: Books V–VIII by Marsilio Ficino, James Hankins (Editor), William R. Bowen (Editor) 4.41 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2002	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Platonic Theology, Vol. 3: Books IX–XI by Marsilio Ficino, Michael J.B. Allen (Translator), James Hankins (Editor) 4.35 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Platonic Theology: Volume 4 Books XII-XIV by Marsilio Ficino, James Hankins (Editor), Michael J.B. Allen (Translator) 4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gardens of Philosophy: Ficino on Plato (1) (Commentaries by Ficino on Plato's Writings) by Marsilio Ficino, Arthur Farndell (Translation) 4.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2006 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Platonic Theology, Volume 6: Books XVII–XVIII by Marsilio Ficino, Michael J.B. Allen (Translator), James Hankins (Editor) 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Commentaries by Ficino on Plato's Writing (4 books)
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Arthur Farndell (Translation)

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“In these times I don't, in a manner of speaking, know what I want; perhaps I don't want what I know and want what I don't know.”
― Marsilio Ficino, The Letters of Marsilio Ficino, Vol. 3

tags: ambivalence, doubt, hope, uncertainty

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“The soul exists partly in eternity and partly in time.”
― Marsilio Ficino

tags: ficino, immortality, italy, neoplatonism, philosophy, renaissance, soul

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“Why do we think love is a magician? Because the whole power of magic consists in love. The work of magic is the attraction of one thing by another because of a certain affinity of nature.”
― Marsilio Ficino

tags: italy, love, magic, philosophy, renaissance, spirituality

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