Platonic Theology : Books XII-XIV, Hardcover by Hankins, James; Bowen, Willia...

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Item Weight: 17.7 Oz Item Height: 1 in ISBN: 9780674014824 Book Title: Platonic Theology, Volume 4 : Books Xii-Xiv Publication Year: 2004 Illustrator: Yes Publisher: Harvard University Press height: 1 in width: 5.6 in Topic: Christian Theology / Systematic, Christian Theology / General, European / General, History & Theory, Europe / Renaissance, Political Item Length: 8.3 in Format: Hardcover Number of Pages: 384 Pages Language: English Item Width: 5.6 in Genre: Literary Criticism, Religion, Political Science, Philosophy, History Author: Marsilio Ficino Book Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library

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Platonic Theology : Books XII-XIV, Hardcover by Hankins, James; Bowen, Willia.... Platonic Theology : Books XII-XIV, Hardcover by Hankins, James; Bowen, William R.; Allen, Michael J. B.; Warden, John, ISBN 0674014820, ISBN-13 9780674014824, Brand New, Free shipping in the US The Platonic Theology is a visionary work and the philosophical masterpiece of Marsilio Ficino (1), the Florentine scholar-philosopher-magus who was largely responsible for the Renaissance revival of Plato. A student of the Neoplatonic schools of Plotinus and Proclus, he was committed to reconciling Platonism with Christianity, in the hope that such a reconciliation would initiate a spiritual revival and return of the golden age. His Platonic evangelizing was eminently successful and widely influential, and his Platonic Theology , translated into English for the first time in this edition, is one of the keys to understanding the art, thought, culture, and spirituality of the is the fourth of a projected six volumes.