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1 online resource (xiii, 210 p.) : ill. |
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Commentaries by Ficino on Plato's writings |
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Ficino, Marsilio, 1433-1499.
Works. Selections. English. 2008.
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Translated from the Latin. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 204) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Translator's Note on the Latin Texts; Marsilio Ficino's Compendium on the Timaeus; 1 The subject matter of the book; 2 The arrangement of the book and its parts; 3 Introduction to the dialogue; 4 An allegory of history; contents of the prologue; 5 The fall of Phaethon; floods; fires; a description of Minerva; 6 The finest directions concerning prayers and entreaties; 7 The world has three causes higher than itself, depends on the incorporeal cause, and is ever in flux. |
| Summary |
Marsilio Ficino, a leading scholar of the Italian Renaissance who translated all the works of Plato into Latin, examines Plato's Timaeus, the most widely influential and hotly debated of the Platonic writings. Offering a probable account of the creation and nature of the cosmos, the discussion incorporates such questions as What is the function of arithmetic and geometry in the design of creation? What is the nature of mind, soul, matter, and time? and What is our place in the universe? To his main commentary Ficino adds an appendix, which amplifies and elucidates Plato's meanings and reveals. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Ficino, Marsilio, 1433-1499.
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Plato -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Plato -- Influence.
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Ficino, Marsilio, 1433-1499. Argumentum et commentarius in Phaedrum.
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Plato -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Plato.
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Philosophy.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Interpersonal Relations.
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PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical
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| Genre |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Farndell, Arthur.
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Blumsom, Peter.
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Freading.
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| Related To |
Print version: Ficino, Marsilio, 1433-1499. All things natural. London : Shepheard-Walwyn Publishers, 2010 9780856832581 (OCoLC)491964344 |
| ISBN |
9780856833588 (electronic bk.) |
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0856833584 (electronic bk.) |
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9780856833595 (electronic bk.) |
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0856833592 (electronic bk.) |
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