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Marsilio Ficino and His World

Sophia Howlett (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

232 Seiten

2016 | 1st ed. 2016
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-53945-8 (ISBN)

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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.

Sophia Howlett is Associate Vice President for Learning Support at Kean University, USA. She obtained a DPhil in Renaissance Philosophy and Literature from the University of York, UK and graduated from Cambridge University, UK. She was previously Dean at Central European University (CEU), Hungary. She has taught Philosophy and Literature at Kean University, CEU, the University of Teesside, and the University of York.

Preface .- Introduction .- Chapter 1: The Myth Reconsidered .-Chapter 2: A Sense of Mission .- Chapter 3: An Anatomy of the Universe .- Chapter 4: The Microcosm .- Chapter 5: The Second Creation .- Chapter 6: A Short History of Impact .- Notes .- Bibliography.

Erscheinungsdatum	03.06.2016
Reihe/Serie	Critical Political Theory and Radical Practice
Zusatzinfo	XVII, 232 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie des Mittelalters
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
ISBN-10	1-137-53945-3 / 1137539453
ISBN-13	978-1-137-53945-8 / 9781137539458
Zustand	Neuware