Marsilio Ficino and His World (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)

This book makes the case for Marsilio Ficino, a Renaissance philosopher and priest, as a canonical thinker, and provides an introduction for a broad audience. Sophia Howlett examines him as part of the milieu of Renaissance Florence, part of a history of Platonic philosophy, and as a key figure in the ongoing crisis between classical revivalism and Christian belief. The author discusses Ficino's vision of a Platonic Christian universe with multiple worlds inhabited by angels, daemons and pagan gods, as well as our own distinctive role within that universe - climbing the heights to talk with angels yet constantly confused by the evidence of our own senses. Ficino as the "new Socrates" suggests to us that by changing ourselves, we can change our world.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Critical Political Theory and Radical Practice
Release date:	August 2016
First published:	2016
Authors:	Sophia Howlett
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	232
Edition:	1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-53945-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Western philosophy, c 500 to c 1600 > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Western philosophy, c 500 to c 1600 > General
LSN:	1-137-53945-3
Barcode:	9781137539458

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