[translation by] Arthur Farndell ; notes and additional materials by Peter Blumsom.
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Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
London :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Shepheard-Walwyn Publishers,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2010.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xiii, 210 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations
SERIES
Series Title
Commentaries by Ficino on Plato's writings
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (page 204) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Translator's Note on the Latin Texts; Marsilio Ficino's Compendium on the Timaeus; 1 The subject matter of the book; 2 The arrangement of the book and its parts; 3 Introduction to the dialogue; 4 An allegory of history; contents of the prologue; 5 The fall of Phaethon; floods; fires; a description of Minerva; 6 The finest directions concerning prayers and entreaties; 7 The world has three causes higher than itself, depends on the incorporeal cause, and is ever in flux.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Marsilio Ficino, a leading scholar of the Italian Renaissance who translated all the works of Plato into Latin, examines Plato's Timaeus, the most widely influential and hotly debated of the Platonic writings. Offering a probable account of the creation and nature of the cosmos, the discussion incorporates such questions as What is the function of arithmetic and geometry in the design of creation? What is the nature of mind, soul, matter, and time? and What is our place in the universe? To his main commentary Ficino adds an appendix, which amplifies and elucidates Plato's meanings and reveals.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
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00086815
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
All things natural.
International Standard Book Number
9780856832581
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Ficino, Marsilio,1433-1499.
Plato-- Criticism and interpretation.
Plato-- Influence.
Ficino, Marsilio,1433-1499
Ficinus, Marsilius., Compendium in Timaeum.
Plato.
Platon., Timaios.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS-- Interpersonal Relations.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
PHILOSOPHY-- History & Surveys-- Ancient & Classical.