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Author Ficino, Marsilio, 1433-1499.

Title All things natural : Ficino on Plato's Timaeus / [translation by] Arthur Farndell ; notes and additional materials by Peter Blumsom
Published London : Shepheard-Walwyn Publishers, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 210 pages) : illustrations
Series Commentaries by Ficino on Plato's writings
Ficino, Marsilio, 1433-1499. Works. Selections. English. 2008.
Contents Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Translator's Note on the Latin Texts; Marsilio Ficino's Compendium on the Timaeus; 1 The subject matter of the book; 2 The arrangement of the book and its parts; 3 Introduction to the dialogue; 4 An allegory of history; contents of the prologue; 5 The fall of Phaethon; floods; fires; a description of Minerva; 6 The finest directions concerning prayers and entreaties; 7 The world has three causes higher than itself, depends on the incorporeal cause, and is ever in flux
Summary Marsilio Ficino, a leading scholar of the Italian Renaissance who translated all the works of Plato into Latin, examines Plato's Timaeus, the most widely influential and hotly debated of the Platonic writings. Offering a probable account of the creation and nature of the cosmos, the discussion incorporates such questions as What is the function of arithmetic and geometry in the design of creation? What is the nature of mind, soul, matter, and time? and What is our place in the universe? To his main commentary Ficino adds an appendix, which amplifies and elucidates Plato's meanings and reveals
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 204) and index
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Subject Ficino, Marsilio, 1433-1499.
Plato -- Criticism and interpretation
Plato -- Influence
SUBJECT Ficino, Marsilio, 1433-1499 fast
Plato fast
Platon. Timaios. idszbz
Ficinus, Marsilius. Compendium in Timaeum. idszbz
Subject FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Interpersonal Relations.
PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Ancient & Classical.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Rezeption.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Farndell, Arthur
Blumsom, Peter
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