Marsilio Ficino
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Marsilio Ficino was a pivotal 15th-century Italian philosopher, priest, and translator whose revival of Plato and development of Neoplatonism profoundly shaped Renaissance thought and humanism.
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic priest
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Neoplatonist philosopher → Renaissance humanist → human → philosopher → translator → |
| associatedWith |
Medici court in Florence
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Platonic Academy of Florence → |
| birthDate | 1433-10-19 → |
| birthPlace |
Figline Valdarno
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Republic of Florence → |
| citizenship | Republic of Florence → |
| countryOfCitizenship | Italy → |
| deathDate | 1499-10-01 → |
| deathPlace |
Careggi
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Republic of Florence → |
| educatedAt | Florence → |
| employer |
House of Medici
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surface form: "Medici family"
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| era |
Renaissance
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surface form: "Italian Renaissance"
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| fieldOfWork |
astrology
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classical philology → philosophy → theology → |
| genre |
commentary
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philosophical treatise → theological treatise → |
| influenced |
European humanist philosophers
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Pico della Mirandola →
surface form: "Giovanni Pico della Mirandola"
Lorenzo de' Medici → Renaissance Platonism →
surface form: "Renaissance Platonists"
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| influencedBy |
Augustine of Hippo
→
Plato → Plotinus → St. Thomas Aquinas →
surface form: "Thomas Aquinas"
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| knownFor |
development of Renaissance Neoplatonism
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influence on Renaissance humanism → revival of Plato in the Renaissance → |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Italian
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Latin → |
| movement |
Neoplatonism
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Renaissance humanism → |
| name | Marsilio Ficino → |
| notableWork |
Commentary on Plato's Symposium on Love
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De vita libri tres → Latin translation of Plato's complete works → Latin translation of Plotinus' Enneads → Theologia Platonica → |
| occupation |
Catholic priest
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astrologer → philosopher → translator → |
| patron |
Cosimo de' Medici
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Lorenzo de' Medici → |
| placeOfBurial | Florence → |
| positionHeld | head of the Platonic Academy of Florence → |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form: "Roman Catholic Church"
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