Marsilio Ficino and His World

by Sophia Howlett

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. 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. The author discusses Ficino's vision of a Platonic Christian universe with multiple...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137539453
• ISBN13: 9781137539458
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.6"