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 a
Searching for a definition of good government, this commentary from Marsilio Ficino examines three Platonic dialogues that have had a profound effect on Western statesmen and jurists. A leading schola
Featuring philosophical commentary from Marsilio Ficino?a leading scholar of the Italian Renaissance who translated all the works of Plato into Latin?this work is the first English translation of Fici
Marsilio Ficino of Florence (1433-99) was one of the most influential thinkers of the Renaissance. He put before society a new ideal of human nature, emphasising its divine potential. As teacher and g
Spanning from the end of 1489 to the spring of 1491, this compilation of letters by Marsilio Ficino—one of the most influential humanist philosophers of the early Italian Renaissance—dates to what is
On the Nature of Love is a translation of Marsilio Ficino's commentary to Plato's Symposium. This edition makes Ficino's Tuscan version available to English readers for the first time. Ficino's work w
These volumes contain the first English translation of the corpus of letters published during the lifetime of the philosopher priest who helped to shape the Renaissance worldview. The letters in this
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
