Product Description: Un'opera di straordinario interesse per tutti coloro che si riconoscono nella concezione "attiva" dell'astrologia promossa dal Ficino, secondo la quale il sapiente non è il redattore di oroscopi, ma colui che conosce l'arte di usare gli influssi astrali per migliorare la vita del corpo e dello spirito...read more

Product Description: Volume 7 (Book VIII of the Latin edition) is dedicated to one of Ficino's correspondents, King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary. Most of the dated letters are from June 1487 to October 1488, part of Florence's golden decade, when Lorenzo de' Medici's astute politicking made him peacemaker of the warring states of Italy...read more

Product Description: 2ª ed. De amore marcó el comienzo del género de tratados sobre el amor y la belleza, que se desarrollará ampliamente durante el "Cinquecento". En su transcurso, la poética originalidad de Ficino va iluminando la base iconográfica para las obras de artistas renacentistas como Botticelli, Miguel Ã?ngel, Rafael o Tiziano, ya e...read more

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The problems that taxed the minds of people during the Renaissance were much the same as those confronting us today. In their perplexity many deep-thinking people sought the advice of Marsilio Ficino, the leader of the Platonic Academy in Florence, and through his letters he advised them, encouraged them, and sometimes reproved them. Ficino was utterly fearless in expressing what he knew to be true. His letters cover the widest range of topics, mixing philosophy and humor, compassion and advice, and offering a profound glimpse into the soul of the Renaissance.This is the only accessible collection of Ficino's writings available in English.

Product Description: Book by Ficino, Marsilio

Product Description: If you have read one paragraph of any James Hillman book, you know Marsilio Ficino is the Godfather of archetypal psychology. This man turned Western Europe on its psychological ear. FicinoÆs occult vision of eros and beauty influenced not only Botticelli and Michelangelo, but everyone else ever since who cares about love and soul...read more

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