Marsilio Ficino
Italian philosopher and Catholic priest (1433–1499) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Marsilio T. Ficino (Italian: [marˈsiːljo fiˈtʃiːno]; Latin name: Marsilius Ficinus; 19 October 1433 – 1 October 1499) was an Italian scholar and Catholic priest who was one of the most influential humanist philosophers of the early Italian Renaissance. He was an astrologer, a reviver of Neoplatonism in touch with the major academics of his day, and the first translator of Plato's complete extant works into Latin.[2] His Florentine Academy, an attempt to revive Plato's Academy, influenced the direction and tenor of the Italian Renaissance and the development of European philosophy.
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![]() Marsilio T. Ficino from a fresco painted by Domenico Ghirlandaio in the Tornabuoni Chapel, Santa Maria Novella, Florence | |
Born | 19 October 1433 |
Died | 1 October 1499(1499-10-01) (aged 65) Careggi, Republic of Florence |
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Relatives | Diotifeci d'Agnolo Alessandra di Nanoccio (parents) |
Era | Renaissance philosophy |
School | Christian humanism Neohermeticism Neoplatonism Augustinianism Thomism |
Main interests | Theology, astrology, metaphysics |
Notable ideas | Platonic love Prisca theologia[1] |
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