Author: Stephen Gersh
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004701893
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 577
Book Description
This book represents the first ever systematic philosophical study of Marsilio Ficino’s Commentary on Plotinus’ ‘Enneads’ (first published in Florence, 1492), this work of Ficino being arguably as definitive for the Florentine thinker’s later work as the Platonic Theology was for his earlier. Publication of the present study uniquely illuminates the extent to which Plotinus had always been the crucial influence over Ficino’s revolutionary projects of introducing Platonic thought based on original Greek sources to western Europe, correcting certain features of late medieval and Renaissance Aristotelianism, and laying the foundations of a new Christian Platonism. The study can be read both as an independent introduction to Ficino’s later philosophy and as the complement to the first modern edition and translation of the Commentary on the 'Enneads' itself also by Stephen Gersh (I Tatti Renaissance Library, 2017-).
Marsilio Ficino as Reader of Plotinus: The ‘Enneads’ Commentary
Author: Stephen Gersh
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004701893
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 577
Book Description
This book represents the first ever systematic philosophical study of Marsilio Ficino’s Commentary on Plotinus’ ‘Enneads’ (first published in Florence, 1492), this work of Ficino being arguably as definitive for the Florentine thinker’s later work as the Platonic Theology was for his earlier. Publication of the present study uniquely illuminates the extent to which Plotinus had always been the crucial influence over Ficino’s revolutionary projects of introducing Platonic thought based on original Greek sources to western Europe, correcting certain features of late medieval and Renaissance Aristotelianism, and laying the foundations of a new Christian Platonism. The study can be read both as an independent introduction to Ficino’s later philosophy and as the complement to the first modern edition and translation of the Commentary on the 'Enneads' itself also by Stephen Gersh (I Tatti Renaissance Library, 2017-).
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004701893
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 577
Book Description
This book represents the first ever systematic philosophical study of Marsilio Ficino’s Commentary on Plotinus’ ‘Enneads’ (first published in Florence, 1492), this work of Ficino being arguably as definitive for the Florentine thinker’s later work as the Platonic Theology was for his earlier. Publication of the present study uniquely illuminates the extent to which Plotinus had always been the crucial influence over Ficino’s revolutionary projects of introducing Platonic thought based on original Greek sources to western Europe, correcting certain features of late medieval and Renaissance Aristotelianism, and laying the foundations of a new Christian Platonism. The study can be read both as an independent introduction to Ficino’s later philosophy and as the complement to the first modern edition and translation of the Commentary on the 'Enneads' itself also by Stephen Gersh (I Tatti Renaissance Library, 2017-).
The Renaissance of Plotinus
Author: Anna Corrias
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000080102
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Plotinus (204/5–270 C.E.) is a central figure in the history of Western philosophy. However, during the Middle Ages he was almost unknown. None of the treatises constituting his Enneads were translated, and ancient translations were lost. Although scholars had indirect access to his philosophy through the works of Proclus, St. Augustine, and Macrobius, among others, it was not until 1492 with the publication of the first Latin translation of the Enneads by the humanist philosopher Marsilio Ficino (1433–1499) that Plotinus was reborn to the Western world. Ficino’s translation was accompanied by a long commentary in which he examined the close relationship between metaphysics and anthropology that informed Plotinus’s philosophy. Focusing on Ficino’s interpretation of Plotinus’s view of the soul and of human nature, this book excavates a fundamental chapter in the history of Platonic scholarship, one which was to inform later readings of the Enneads up until the nineteenth century. It will appeal to scholars and students interested in the history of Western philosophy, intellectual history, and book history.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000080102
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Plotinus (204/5–270 C.E.) is a central figure in the history of Western philosophy. However, during the Middle Ages he was almost unknown. None of the treatises constituting his Enneads were translated, and ancient translations were lost. Although scholars had indirect access to his philosophy through the works of Proclus, St. Augustine, and Macrobius, among others, it was not until 1492 with the publication of the first Latin translation of the Enneads by the humanist philosopher Marsilio Ficino (1433–1499) that Plotinus was reborn to the Western world. Ficino’s translation was accompanied by a long commentary in which he examined the close relationship between metaphysics and anthropology that informed Plotinus’s philosophy. Focusing on Ficino’s interpretation of Plotinus’s view of the soul and of human nature, this book excavates a fundamental chapter in the history of Platonic scholarship, one which was to inform later readings of the Enneads up until the nineteenth century. It will appeal to scholars and students interested in the history of Western philosophy, intellectual history, and book history.
Marsilio Ficino As Reader of Plotinus
Author: Stephen Gersh
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789004701113
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This first complete study of Marsilio Ficino's Commentary on Plotinus, published in 1492, will serve as the definitive analysis of Ficino's late philosophy and also as an essential companion to Gersh's edition-translation of the same work.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789004701113
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This first complete study of Marsilio Ficino's Commentary on Plotinus, published in 1492, will serve as the definitive analysis of Ficino's late philosophy and also as an essential companion to Gersh's edition-translation of the same work.
Three Books on Life
Author: Marsilio Ficino
Publisher: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS)
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : la
Pages : 536
Book Description
Publisher: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS)
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : la
Pages : 536
Book Description
Ficino and Fantasy
Author: Marieke J.E. van den Doel
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004459685
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Did the Florentine philosopher Marsilio Ficino (1433-99) influence the art of his time? This book starts with an exploration of Ficino’s views on the imagination and discusses whether, how and why these ideas may have been received in Italian Renaissance works of art.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004459685
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Did the Florentine philosopher Marsilio Ficino (1433-99) influence the art of his time? This book starts with an exploration of Ficino’s views on the imagination and discusses whether, how and why these ideas may have been received in Italian Renaissance works of art.
Marsilio Ficino
Author: Michael J. B. Allen
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004118553
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
This volume consists of 21 essays on Marsilio Ficino (1433-99), the Florentine scholar-philosopher-magus-priest who was the architect of Renaissance Platonism. They cast fascinating new light on his theology, philosophy, and psychology as well as on his influence and sources.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004118553
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
This volume consists of 21 essays on Marsilio Ficino (1433-99), the Florentine scholar-philosopher-magus-priest who was the architect of Renaissance Platonism. They cast fascinating new light on his theology, philosophy, and psychology as well as on his influence and sources.
Plotinus' Legacy
Author: Stephen Gersh
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108415288
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
Using a series of case-studies from across European philosophical traditions, this book traces the influence of Neoplatonism over the centuries.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108415288
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
Using a series of case-studies from across European philosophical traditions, this book traces the influence of Neoplatonism over the centuries.
Love
Author: Ryan Patrick Hanley
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0197536484
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
Love has been a central concept of philosophical inquiry over the last several millennia. Love: A History chronicle the most significant moments in this concept's long and complex evolutionary life, and collectively tell the story of the ways in which love's horizons shifted from the transcendent to the immanent over the course of its conceptual history.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0197536484
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
Love has been a central concept of philosophical inquiry over the last several millennia. Love: A History chronicle the most significant moments in this concept's long and complex evolutionary life, and collectively tell the story of the ways in which love's horizons shifted from the transcendent to the immanent over the course of its conceptual history.
Platonism
Author: Valery Rees
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004437428
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
Platonism, Ficino to Foucault explores some key chapters in the history Platonic philosophy from the revival of Plato in the fifteenth century to the new reading of Platonic dialogues promoted by the so-called ‘Critique of Modernity’.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004437428
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
Platonism, Ficino to Foucault explores some key chapters in the history Platonic philosophy from the revival of Plato in the fifteenth century to the new reading of Platonic dialogues promoted by the so-called ‘Critique of Modernity’.
The Plotinus Reader
Author: Plotinus
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781624668944
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The Plotinus Reader provides a generous selection of translations from the fifty-four treatises that together make up the Enneads of Plotinus, a central work in the history of philosophy. They were prepared by a team of specialists in ancient philosophy and edited by Lloyd P. Gerson. Based on the definitive critical edition of the Greek along with decades of additional textual criticism by many scholars, these translations aim to provide a readable, accurate rendering of Plotinus's often very difficult language. Included are extensive references to Plotinus's sources, scores of cross-references, and an extensive glossary of technical terms.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781624668944
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The Plotinus Reader provides a generous selection of translations from the fifty-four treatises that together make up the Enneads of Plotinus, a central work in the history of philosophy. They were prepared by a team of specialists in ancient philosophy and edited by Lloyd P. Gerson. Based on the definitive critical edition of the Greek along with decades of additional textual criticism by many scholars, these translations aim to provide a readable, accurate rendering of Plotinus's often very difficult language. Included are extensive references to Plotinus's sources, scores of cross-references, and an extensive glossary of technical terms.