Commentaries on Plato: Volume 2 Parmenides (Hardcover)

Marsilio Ficino

ISBN 10: 0674064712 / ISBN 13: 9780674064713

Editore: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass, 2012

Hardcover. Marsilio Ficino (14331499), the Florentine scholar-philosopher-magus, was largely responsible for the Renaissance revival of Plato. Ficino's commentaries on Plato remained the standard guide to the Greek philosopher's works for centuries. Vanhaelen's new translation of Ficino's vast commentary on the Parmenides makes this monument of Renaissance metaphysics accessible to the modern student of philosophy.The volume contains the first critical edition of the Latin text, an ample introduction, and extensive notes. Marsilio Ficino, the Florentine scholar-philosopher-magus, was largely responsible for the Renaissance revival of Plato. His commentaries remained the standard guide to the philosophers works for centuries. Vanhaelens new translation of Parmenides makes this monument of metaphysics accessible to the modern student. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9780674064713

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Marsilio Ficino (1433–1499), the Florentine scholar-philosopher-magus, was largely responsible for the Renaissance revival of Plato. Ficino’s commentaries on Plato remained the standard guide to the Greek philosopher’s works for centuries. Vanhaelen’s new translation of Ficino’s vast commentary on the Parmenides makes this monument of Renaissance metaphysics accessible to the modern student of philosophy. The volume contains the first critical edition of the Latin text, an ample introduction, and extensive notes.

Informazioni sull?autore: Maude Vanhaelen is an Academic Fellow in the Departments of Italian and Classics at the University of Warwick.

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Titolo: Commentaries on Plato: Volume 2 Parmenides (...
Casa editrice: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass
Data di pubblicazione: 2012
Legatura: Hardcover
Condizione: new