Marsilio Ficino
Marsilio Ficino (Italian: [marˈsiːljo fiˈtʃiːno]; Latin name: Marsilius Ficinus; 19 October 1433–1 October 1499) was an Italian scholar and Catholic priest who was one of the most influential humanist philosophers of the early Italian Renaissance. He was an astrologer, a reviver of Neoplatonism in touch with the major academics of his day, and the first translator of Plato's complete extant works into Latin. His Florentine Academy, an attempt to revive Plato's Academy, influenced the direction and tenor of the Italian Renaissance and the development of European philosophy.
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Marsilio Ficino from a fresco painted by Domenico Ghirlandaio in the Tornabuoni Chapel, Santa Maria Novella, Florence | |
| Born | 19 October 1433 |
| Died | 1 October 1499 (aged 65) Careggi, Republic of Florence |
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| Relatives | Diotifeci d'Agnolo Alessandra di Nanoccio (parents) |
| Era | Renaissance philosophy |
| School | Christian humanism Neohermeticism Neoplatonism Augustinianism Thomism |
Main interests | Immortality of the Soul Theology of Love and Eros |
Notable ideas | Platonic love First in a genus Prisca theologia |
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