Celenza reviews Platonic Theology by Marsilio Ficino, edited by James Hankins and William Bowen, and translated by Michael J. B. Allen and John Warden; Platonic Theology by Marsilio Ficino, edited by ...William Bowen, and translated by Michael J. B. Allen; and Platonic Theology by Marsilio Ficino, edited by James Hankins and William Bowen and translated by Michael J. B. Allen.
"Famous Women" by Giovanni Boccaccio, "History of the Florentine People" by Leonardo Bruni, and "Platonic Theology, Vol. I, Books I-IV" by Marsilio Ficino are reviewed.
Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499) was a Florentine philosopher and linguist who had also studied medicine in his youth. His life's achievement was the translation of the works of Plato and other classical ...Greek authors. Ficino revised the thought of Plato in a Renaissance perspective. His interpretation of Platonism, which is reflected in the letters contained in this volume, greatly influenced European thought for two centuries.
Rust reviews Marsilio Ficino: Platonic Theology, Volume 3 (Books IX-XI), translated and edited by Michael J. B. Allen, John Warden, James Hankins, and William Bowen.
"Synoptic Art: Marsilio Ficino on the History of Platonic Interpretation" by Michael J. B. Allen, "Giovanni Pico della Mirandola: Convegno internazionale di studi nel cinquecentesimo anniversario ...della morte (1494-1994)" edited by Gian Carlo Garfagnini and "Die Erlosungslehre Marsilio Ficinos" by Jorg Lauster are reviewed.
