{"product_id":"9780674019867-platonic-theology","title":"Platonic Theology","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBooks XVII–XVIII\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlatonic Theology\u003c\/i\u003e is the visionary and philosophical masterpiece of Marsilio Ficino (1433–1499), the Florentine scholar-philosopher-magus largely responsible for the Renaissance revival of Plato. This work, translated into English for the first time, is a key to understanding the art, thought, culture, and spirituality of the Renaissance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003ePlatonic Theology\u003c\/i\u003e is a visionary work and the philosophical masterpiece of Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499), 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 \u003ci\u003ePlatonic Theology\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 Renaissance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis sixth and final volume of the I Tatti Renaissance Library edition includes comprehensive indexes to the whole work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56449755677046,"sku":"9780674019867","price":26.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28298112.jpg?v=1760446647","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780674019867-platonic-theology","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}