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The Letters of Marsilio Ficino, v. 2 (Hardcover)
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The Letters of Marsilio Ficino, v. 2 (Hardcover)
Series: The Letters of Marsilio Ficino
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Chronologically, this translation comprises the third book of
Ficino's letters ("Liber III"), as published during his lifetime,
and dates from August 1476 to May 1477. They follow volume 1 and
are therefore published as volume 2. Both book two and three of
Ficino's Letters were dedicated to King Matthias of Hungary whom
Ficino regarded as a model of the philosopher king referred to in
Plato's "Republic". Indeed, Matthias was no ordinary king. He
became one of the very few Christian leaders to defeat the Ottoman
Turks decisively during the period of their empire's almost
continuous growth from the early 1300s to the death of Suleiman I
in 1566. King Matthias was also a devotee of philosophy, keenly
interested in the practical study of Plato. Members of Ficino's
Academy dwelt at this court, and an invitation to visit his court
was extended to Ficino himself. Ficino's Academy was consciously
modelled on the philosophical schools of antiquity. It was not
merely an institute of learning. The bond between Ficino and the
other members of the Academy was their mutual love, based on the
love of the Self in each, a love capable of expression in all
fields of human activity. It was because such love was the basis of
his School that Ficnio could write (letter 21) - "the desire of
him, who strives for anything other than love, is often totally
frustrated by the event. But he alone who loves nothing more than
love itself, by desiring immediately attains, and in always
attaining continues to desire." It is the principle of unity to
which Ficnio repeatedly returns in this volume. He returns to it
not just as a philosophical concept, but as an immediate
perception. In his letter to Paul of Middelburg ("distinguished
scientist and astronomer"), Ficino observes - "If any age can be
called a golden one it is undoubtedly the one that produces minds
of gold in abundance. And no one who considers the wonderful
discoveries of our age will doubt that it is a golden one. For this
golden age has restored to the light the liberal arts that were
almost extinct: grammar, poetry, rhetoric, painting, sculpture,
architecture, music and the ancient art of singing to the Orphic
lyre."
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