| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 210 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Commentaries by Ficino on Plato's writings |
|
Ficino, Marsilio, 1433-1499.
Works. Selections. English. 2008.
|
| Contents |
Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Translator's Note on the Latin Texts; Marsilio Ficino's Compendium on the Timaeus; 1 The subject matter of the book; 2 The arrangement of the book and its parts; 3 Introduction to the dialogue; 4 An allegory of history; contents of the prologue; 5 The fall of Phaethon; floods; fires; a description of Minerva; 6 The finest directions concerning prayers and entreaties; 7 The world has three causes higher than itself, depends on the incorporeal cause, and is ever in flux |
| Summary |
Marsilio Ficino, a leading scholar of the Italian Renaissance who translated all the works of Plato into Latin, examines Plato's Timaeus, the most widely influential and hotly debated of the Platonic writings. Offering a probable account of the creation and nature of the cosmos, the discussion incorporates such questions as What is the function of arithmetic and geometry in the design of creation? What is the nature of mind, soul, matter, and time? and What is our place in the universe? To his main commentary Ficino adds an appendix, which amplifies and elucidates Plato's meanings and reveals |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 204) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Ficino, Marsilio, 1433-1499.
|
|
Plato -- Criticism and interpretation
|
|
Plato -- Influence
|
|
Ficino, Marsilio, 1433-1499 |
|
Plato |
|
Platon. Timaios. |
|
Ficinus, Marsilius. Compendium in Timaeum. |
|
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Interpersonal Relations.
|
|
PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Ancient & Classical.
|
|
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
|
|
Rezeption.
|
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| Author |
Farndell, Arthur
|
|
Blumsom, Peter
|
| ISBN |
9780856833588 |
|
0856833584 |
|
9780856833595 |
|
0856833592 |
|
0856832588 |
|
9780856832581 |
|
0856833576 |
|
9780856833571 |
|
