Commentaries on Plato: Phaedrus and Ion v.1 (I Tatti Renaissance Library) (Hardback)(English / Latin)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for Commentaries on Plato: Phaedrus and Ion v.1 Contains the author's analysis and commentary on the Phaedrus, which he explicates as a meditation on "beauty in all its forms" and a sublime work of theology. This title explores a poetics of divine inspiration that leads to the Neoplatonist portrayal of the soul as a rhapsode whose song is an ascent into the mind of God.
Full description- Publisher: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Published: 15 December 2008
- Format: Hardback 432 pages
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- Categories: Classical History / Classical Civilisation | Early Modern History: C 1450/1500 To C 1700 | Western Philosophy: Ancient, To C 500 | Western Philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, C 500 To C 1600
- ISBN 13: 9780674031197 ISBN 10: 0674031199
- Sales rank: 238,010
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Full description for Commentaries on Plato: Phaedrus and Ion v.1
Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499), the Florentine scholar-philosopher-magus, was largely responsible for the Renaissance revival of Plato. The publication of his Latin translations of the dialogues in 1484 was an intellectual event of the first magnitude, making the Platonic canon accessible to western Europe after the passing of a millennium and establishing Plato as an authority for Renaissance thought. This volume contains Ficino's extended analysis and commentary on the Phaedrus, which he explicates as a meditation on "beauty in all its forms" and a sublime work of theology. In the commentary on the Ion, Ficino explores a poetics of divine inspiration that leads to the Neoplatonist portrayal of the soul as a rhapsode whose song is an ascent into the mind of God. Both works bear witness to Ficino's attempt to revive a Christian Platonism and what might be called an "Orphic Christianity".
