Includes bibliographical references (p. [443]-466) and index.

Preliminary Material / Michael J. B. Allen , Valery Rees and Martin Davies -- Ficino the Priest / Peter Serracino-Inglott -- The Camaildolese Academy: Ambrogio Tra Versari, Marsillo Ficino and the Christian Platonic Tradition / Dennis F. Lackner -- Marsiijo Ficino as a Christian Thinker: Theological Aspects of His Platonism / Jörg Lauster -- Late Antiqui1y and Florentine Platonism: The ‘Post-Plotinian’ Ficino / Christopher S. Celenza -- Ficino, Augustine and the Pagans / Anthony Levi -- Echoes of Egypt in Hermes and Ficino / Clement Salaman -- Prisca Theologia in Marsilio Ficino and in Some Jewish Treatments / Moshe Idel -- Life as a Dead Platonist / Michael J. B. Allen -- Marsilio Ficino and the Plato-Aristotle Controversy / John Monfasani -- Intellect and Will in Marsiijo Ficino Two Correlatives of a Renaissance Concept of the Mind / Tamara Albertini -- Orpheus Redivivus: The Musical Magic of Marsilio Ficino / Angela Voss -- Ficino, Theriaca and the Stars / Donald Beecher -- Concepts of Seeds and Nature in the Work of Marsillo Ficino / Hiroshi Hirai -- Narcissus, Divine Gazes and Bloody Mirrors: The Concept of Matter in Ficino / Sergius Kodera -- Ficino, Archimedes and the Celestial Arts / Stéphane Toussaint -- Neoplatonism and the Visual Arts at the Time of Marsilio Ficino / Francis Ames-Lewis -- Ficino’s Advice to Princes / Valery Rees -- The Platonic Academy of Florence / Arthur Field -- Ficino in the Firing Line: A Renaissance Neopla to Nist and His Critics / Jill Kraye -- Ficino and Copernicus / Dilwyn Knox -- ‘To rauish and refine an earthly soule’: Ficino and the Poetry of George Chapman / Stephen Clucas -- Illustrations / Michael J. B. Allen , Valery Rees and Martin Davies -- Bibliography / Michael J. B. Allen , Valery Rees and Martin Davies -- List of Contributors / Michael J. B. Allen , Valery Rees and Martin Davies -- Index / Michael J. B. Allen , Valery Rees and Martin Davies -- Brill’s Studies in Intellectual History / Michael J. B. Allen , Valery Rees and Martin Davies.

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This volume consists of 21 essays on Marsilio Ficino (1433-99), the great Florentine scholar, philosopher and priest who was the architect of Renaissance Platonism and whose long-lasting influence on philosophy, love and music theory, medicine and magic extended across Europe. Grouped into three sections, they cover such topics as priesthood, the influence of Hermetic monism, Plotinus and Augustine, Jewish transmission of the prisca theologia , the 15th c. Plato-Aristotle controversy, the soul and its afterlife, the primacy of the will, theriac and musical therapy, the notions of matter, seeds, mirrors and clocks, and other fascinating philosophical and theological issues. Also considered are Ficino’s critics, his relationship to the Camaldolese Order, his letters to princes, his influence on art, on Copernicus, on Chapman, and the nature of the Platonic Academy. Contributors include: Tamara Albertini, Michael J. B. Allen, Francis Ames-Lewis, Donald Beecher, Christopher S. Celenza, Stephen Clucas, Arthur Field, Hiroshi Hirai, Moshe Idel, Dilwyn Knox, Sergius Kodera, Jill Kraye, Dennis F. Lackner, Jörg Lauster, Anthony Levi, John Monfasani, Valery Rees, Clement Salaman, Peter Serracino-Inglott, M. Stéphane Toussaint, and Angela Voss.

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