Studies in the Platonism of Marsilio Ficino and Giovanni Pico (Variorum Collected Studies Book 1063)

This second volume of Ficino essays consists of eighteen pieces written over the last two decades. Cover -- Dedication -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 "The Renaissance: Platonism," The Columbia History of Western Philosophy, ed. Richard H. Popkin (New York: Columbia University Press, 1999), pp. 303-315 -- 2 "Cultura hominis: Giovanni Pico, Marsilio Ficino and the Idea of Man," Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Convegno internazionale di studi nel cinquecentesimo anniversario della morte (1494-1994), Mirandola, 4-8 ottobre 1994, ed. Gian Carlo Garfagnini (Florence: Olschki, 1997), pp. 173-196 -- 3 "Renaissance Neoplatonism," The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism: Volume III: The Renaissance, ed. Glyn P. Norton (Cambridge: CUP, 1999), pp. 435-441 -- 4 "Marsilio Ficino: Daemonic Mathematics and the Hypotenuse of the Spirit," Natural Particulars: Nature and the Disciplines in Renaissance Europe, ed. Anthony Grafton & Nancy Siraisi (Boston: MIT Press, 1999), pp. 121-137 -- 5 "In principio: Marsilio Ficino on the Life of Text," Res et Verba in der Renaissance, ed. Eckhard Kessler & Ian Maclean, Wolfenbűtteler Abhandlungen zur Renaissance-forschung 21 (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2002), pp. 11-28 -- 6 "The Ficinian Timaeus and Renaissance Science," Plato's Timaeus as Cultural Icon, ed. Gretchen J. Reydams-Schils (Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 2003), pp. 238-250 -- 7 "Paul Oskar Kristeller and Marsilio Ficino: e tenebris revocaverunt," Kristeller Reconsidered: Essays on his Life and Scholarship, ed. John Monfasani (New York: Italica Press, 2006), pp. 1-18 -- 8 "Marsilio Ficino, Levitation, and the Ascent to Capricorn," Éducation, Transmission, Rénovation à la Renaissance, ed. Bruno Pinchard & Pierre Servet, Cahiers du Gagdes 4 (Geneva: Droz, 2006), pp. 223-240 Fifteen Of These Essays By One Of The Leading Authorities On Renaissance Platonism Explore The Complex Philosophical, Hermeneutical, And Mythological Issues Addressed By The Florentine, Marsilio Ficino (1433-99). Ficino Was The Pre-eminent Platonist Of His Time And A Distinguished Philosopher, Scholar And Magus Who Had An Enormous Influence On The Intellectual And Cultural Life Of Two And A Half Centuries, And Who Is One Of The Most Important Witnesses To The Preoccupations Of His Age, Above All To Its Fascination With Ancient Poetry And Philosophy And Their Uneasy Accommodation As An Ancient Theology With Christianity. Two Further Essays Treat Of Cognate Themes Taken Up By Ficino?s Younger Friend And Rival, The Dazzling Prince Of Concordia, Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola (1463-94), Who Was Fascinated By Platonism In His Youth But Also By Other Philosophical Legacies From The Past, Including Cabala And The Scholastic Aristotelianism Of The Middle Ages. This Volume?s Initial Essay Serves As An Introduction To The Comprehensive Phenomenon Of Renaissance Platonism.--provided By Publisher. Michael J. B. Allen. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.