Marsilio Ficino and his world. (2016)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Marsilio Ficino and his world. (2016)
- Main Title:
- Marsilio Ficino and his world
- Further Information:
- Note: Sophia Howlett.
- Authors:
- Howlett, Sophia
- Contents:
- Introduction ; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1: The Myth Reconsidered; 1 The Story of€the€Resurrection of€Plato; 2 The Medicis and€Fifteenth-Century Florence; 3 Introducing Marsilio Ficino; 4 The Platonic Academy; Chapter 2: A Sense of€Mission; 1 A Brief History of€Late Platonism; 2 Early Christianity and€Platonism; 3 The Recovery of€Aristotle; 4 The Survival of€Platonism; 5 Humanism and€the€Platonic Revival; 6 Ficino's Plato: An€Introduction; 7 The Marriage of€Philosophy and€Theology: The€prisca theologia and€Natural Philosophy; 8 Heresy; 9 Ficino's Mission. Chapter 3: An Anatomy of€the€Universe1 The One; 2 Matter; 3 Emanation; The Universe as€a€Hall of€Mirrors; The Universe as€a€Series of€Imprints; 4 Angelic Mind; 5 The Power of€Language; 6 The World Soul; 7 The World of€Nature; Chapter 4: The Microcosm; 1 Our Place; 2 The Human Anatomized; 3 The Immortality of€the€Soul; 4 The Mind; 5 Reason; 6 The idolum; 7 Spirit; 8 Body; 9 The Phaedran Charioteer; 10 The Second Fall; Chapter 5: The Second Creation; 1 The Return to€God; 2 Divine Frenzy; 3 Love Frenzy; 4 Poetic Frenzy; 5 The Soul as€Imitator: Platonic Mimesis; 6 The Philosopher; 7 The Magus. 8 Platonic Pastoral9 Renovatio; Chapter 6: A Short History of€Impact; 1 Introduction: Disseminating the Platonic€Revival; 2 The Platonic Revival in€Sixteenth-Century€France; 3 The Platonic Revival in€Sixteenth-Century England; 4 The Magi; 5 The Survival of€the€Platonic Metaphor; 6 Platonic Love Theory; 7 Platonic Love Theory and€Poetry;Introduction ; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1: The Myth Reconsidered; 1 The Story of€the€Resurrection of€Plato; 2 The Medicis and€Fifteenth-Century Florence; 3 Introducing Marsilio Ficino; 4 The Platonic Academy; Chapter 2: A Sense of€Mission; 1 A Brief History of€Late Platonism; 2 Early Christianity and€Platonism; 3 The Recovery of€Aristotle; 4 The Survival of€Platonism; 5 Humanism and€the€Platonic Revival; 6 Ficino's Plato: An€Introduction; 7 The Marriage of€Philosophy and€Theology: The€prisca theologia and€Natural Philosophy; 8 Heresy; 9 Ficino's Mission. Chapter 3: An Anatomy of€the€Universe1 The One; 2 Matter; 3 Emanation; The Universe as€a€Hall of€Mirrors; The Universe as€a€Series of€Imprints; 4 Angelic Mind; 5 The Power of€Language; 6 The World Soul; 7 The World of€Nature; Chapter 4: The Microcosm; 1 Our Place; 2 The Human Anatomized; 3 The Immortality of€the€Soul; 4 The Mind; 5 Reason; 6 The idolum; 7 Spirit; 8 Body; 9 The Phaedran Charioteer; 10 The Second Fall; Chapter 5: The Second Creation; 1 The Return to€God; 2 Divine Frenzy; 3 Love Frenzy; 4 Poetic Frenzy; 5 The Soul as€Imitator: Platonic Mimesis; 6 The Philosopher; 7 The Magus. 8 Platonic Pastoral9 Renovatio; Chapter 6: A Short History of€Impact; 1 Introduction: Disseminating the Platonic€Revival; 2 The Platonic Revival in€Sixteenth-Century€France; 3 The Platonic Revival in€Sixteenth-Century England; 4 The Magi; 5 The Survival of€the€Platonic Metaphor; 6 Platonic Love Theory; 7 Platonic Love Theory and€Poetry; 8 A Platonic Poetics: From€Philosopher to€Poet; 9 Platonic Pastoral: Building the€Golden World; 10 Conclusions; Bibliography; Index. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date:
- 2016
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 195
Political science
Philosophy, Italian
Theology -- Italy -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern
Philosophy, Italian
Theology -- Middle Ages
Political Science -- History & Theory
Politics & government
Political science & theory
Political theory
World politics
Italy
Electronic books
History - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781137539465
1137539461
1137539453
9781137539458 - Related ISBNs:
- 1137539453
9781137539458 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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