When Philosophers Rule: Ficino on Plato's Republic, Laws & Epinomis

by Marsilio Ficino

Searching for a definition of good government, this commentary from Marsilio Ficino examines three Platonic dialogues that have had a profound effect on Western statesmen and jurists. A leading scholar of the Italian Renaissance--who translated all the works of Plato into Latin--Ficino prepared these notes for Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of the republic of Florence, who aspired to be the kind of enlightened ruler Plato described.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 085683257X
• ISBN13: 9780856832574
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Shepheard-Walwyn Publishers
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"