Marsilio Ficino and His World - E-book

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Marsilio Ficino And His World - ENG

Sophia Howlett

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ISBN:	9781137539465
Formato:	ePub
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Springer Nature
Tema:	Ciencias políticas
Subtema:	Historia y Teoría
Año de publicación:	2016-08-27

This book makes the case for Marsilio Ficino, a Renaissance philosopher and priest, as a canonical thinker, and provides an introduction for a broad audience. Â Sophia Howlett examines him as part of the milieu of Renaissance Florence, part of a history of Platonic philosophy, and as a key figure in the ongoing crisis between classical revivalism and Christian belief. Â The author discusses Ficino vision of a Platonic Christian universe with multiple worlds inhabited by angels, daemons and pagan gods, as well as our own distinctive role within that universe - climbing the heights to talk with angels yet constantly confused by the evidence of our own senses. Ficino as the â€œnew Socratesâ€? suggests to us that by changing ourselves, we can change our world.

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