Platonic Theology

by Hankins, James; Bowen, William R.; Allen, Michael J. B.; Warden, John

• ISBN13: 9780674014824
• ISBN10: 0674014820
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-07-30
• Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr

Summary

The Platonic Theology is a visionary work and the philosophical masterpiece of Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499), the Florentine scholar-philosopher-magus who was largely responsible for the Renaissance revival of Plato. A student of the Neoplatonic schools of Plotinus and Proclus, he was committed to reconciling Platonism with Christianity, in the hope that such a reconciliation would initiate a spiritual revival and return of the golden age. His Platonic evangelizing was eminently successful and widely influential, and his Platonic Theology, translated into English for the first time in this edition, is one of the keys to understanding the art, thought, culture, and spirituality of the Renaissance.

Author Biography

Michael J. B. Allen is Professor of English, University of California, Los Angeles. James Hankins is Professor of History, Harvard University. William Bowen is Director of the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, University of Toronto.

Table of Contents

Prefatory Note	p. vii
	p. 8
	p. 110
	p. 218
Notes to the Text	p. 331
Notes to the Translation	p. 339
Bibliography	p. 365
Index	p. 367
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