Renaissance Platonism

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Renaissance Platonism was a revival and reinterpretation of Plato’s philosophy during the Renaissance, blending classical Platonic ideas with Christian theology, humanism, and contemporary artistic and intellectual culture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical phenomenon ⓘ
intellectual tradition ⓘ
philosophical movement ⓘ
aimedTo harmonize pagan philosophy with Christian revelation ⓘ
associatedWithCity Florence ⓘ
associatedWithRegion Italy ⓘ
centralTheme ascent of the soul toward God ⓘ
contemplation of beauty as a path to the divine ⓘ
correspondence between macrocosm and microcosm ⓘ
dignity of the human soul ⓘ
hierarchical structure of reality ⓘ
synthesis of Platonism and Christianity ⓘ
contrastedWith Aristotelianism ⓘ
surface form: Renaissance Aristotelianism
debatedBy scholastic theologians ⓘ
emergedInPeriod Renaissance ⓘ
emphasized contemplative life ⓘ
intellectual and moral perfection of the individual ⓘ
philosophy as preparation for theology ⓘ
flourishedInCentury 15th century ⓘ
16th century ⓘ
hasKeyText Ficino's Latin translation of Plato ⓘ
Theologia Platonica ⓘ
surface form: Ficino's Theologia Platonica

Nicholas of Cusa's De docta ignorantia ⓘ
Oration on the Dignity of Man ⓘ
surface form: Pico della Mirandola's Oration on the Dignity of Man
hasMainInfluence Christian theology ⓘ
Neoplatonism ⓘ
Plato ⓘ
Renaissance humanism ⓘ
influenced Cambridge Platonism ⓘ
Renaissance art theory ⓘ
Renaissance literature ⓘ
Renaissance music theory ⓘ
Renaissance political thought ⓘ
Romantic Platonism ⓘ
early modern natural philosophy ⓘ
influencedBy Augustine of Hippo ⓘ
Byzantine scholarship ⓘ
Greek manuscript transmission ⓘ
Plotinus ⓘ
Proclus ⓘ
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite ⓘ
institutionallyLinkedTo Platonic Academy of Florence ⓘ
integratesWith Christian angelology ⓘ
Christian doctrine of creation ⓘ
Christian doctrine of the Trinity ⓘ
promotedBy Francesco Patrizi ⓘ
Pico della Mirandola ⓘ
surface form: Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

Lorenzo Valla ⓘ
Marsilio Ficino ⓘ
Nicholas of Cusa ⓘ
reinterprets Neoplatonic metaphysics ⓘ
dialogues of Plato ⓘ
relatedMovement Christian humanism ⓘ
Hermeticism ⓘ
Hermeticism ⓘ
surface form: Renaissance esotericism
supportedByPatron Cosimo de' Medici ⓘ
Lorenzo de' Medici ⓘ
usesConcept Platonism ⓘ
surface form: Platonic Forms

emanation ⓘ
intellectual intuition ⓘ
viewedHumanityAs intermediary between material and spiritual realms ⓘ

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Plato's Symposium → influenced → Renaissance Platonism ⓘ
Western philosophy → hasHistoricalPeriod → Renaissance Platonism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Renaissance philosophy
Marsilio Ficino → influenced → Renaissance Platonism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Renaissance Platonists
the Good (Form of the Good) → influenced → Renaissance Platonism ⓘ
subject surface form: Form of the Good
this entity surface form: Christian Platonism
Plotinus → influenced → Renaissance Platonism ⓘ
Neoplatonism → influenced → Renaissance Platonism ⓘ
the One → influenced → Renaissance Platonism ⓘ
the Form of Beauty → partOf → Renaissance Platonism ⓘ
subject surface form: Form of Beauty
this entity surface form: Platonic aesthetics
Theologia Platonica → movement → Renaissance Platonism ⓘ
Theologia Platonica → influenced → Renaissance Platonism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Renaissance Platonists
De vita libri tres → movement → Renaissance Platonism ⓘ
Commentary on Plato's Symposium on Love → movement → Renaissance Platonism ⓘ
Platonic Academy of Florence → influenced → Renaissance Platonism ⓘ
Giordano Bruno → philosophicalSchool → Renaissance Platonism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Renaissance Neoplatonism
Francesco Giorgi → movement → Renaissance Platonism ⓘ
Iamblichus of Chalcis → influenced → Renaissance Platonism ⓘ
Proclus → influenced → Renaissance Platonism ⓘ
World Soul → influenced → Renaissance Platonism ⓘ
Damascius → influenced → Renaissance Platonism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Renaissance Platonists
Ficino's Latin translation of Plato → influenced → Renaissance Platonism ⓘ
Nicholas of Cusa's De docta ignorantia → philosophicalTradition → Renaissance Platonism ⓘ
subject surface form: De docta ignorantia
Nicholas of Cusa's De docta ignorantia → influenced → Renaissance Platonism ⓘ
subject surface form: De docta ignorantia
Keplerian cosmology → influencedBy → Renaissance Platonism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Renaissance Neoplatonism
Nicholas of Cusa → influenced → Renaissance Platonism ⓘ
Nicholas of Cusa → era → Renaissance Platonism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Renaissance philosophy
Francesco Patrizi → movement → Renaissance Platonism ⓘ
Ladder of Love → influenced → Renaissance Platonism ⓘ