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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historical phenomenon
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intellectual tradition → philosophical movement → |
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harmonize pagan philosophy with Christian revelation
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| associatedWithCity |
Florence
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| associatedWithRegion |
Italy
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| centralTheme |
ascent of the soul toward God
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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 → |
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Renaissance Aristotelianism
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| debatedBy |
scholastic theologians
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| emergedInPeriod |
Renaissance
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| emphasized |
contemplative life
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intellectual and moral perfection of the individual → philosophy as preparation for theology → |
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15th century
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16th century → |
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Ficino's Latin translation of Plato
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Ficino's Theologia Platonica → Nicholas of Cusa's De docta ignorantia → Pico della Mirandola's Oration on the Dignity of Man → |
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Christian theology
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Neoplatonism → Plato → Renaissance humanism → |
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Cambridge Platonism
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Renaissance art theory → Renaissance literature → Renaissance music theory → Renaissance political thought → Romantic Platonism → early modern natural philosophy → |
| influencedBy |
Augustine of Hippo
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Byzantine scholarship → Greek manuscript transmission → Plotinus → Proclus → Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite → |
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Platonic Academy of Florence
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Christian angelology
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Christian doctrine of creation → Christian doctrine of the Trinity → |
| promotedBy |
Francesco Patrizi
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Giovanni Pico della Mirandola → Lorenzo Valla → Marsilio Ficino → Nicholas of Cusa → |
| reinterprets |
Neoplatonic metaphysics
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dialogues of Plato → |
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Christian humanism
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Hermeticism → Renaissance esotericism → |
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Cosimo de' Medici
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Lorenzo de' Medici → |
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Platonic Forms
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emanation → intellectual intuition → |
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intermediary between material and spiritual realms
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Referenced by (8)
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Form of the Good
("Christian Platonism")
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Marsilio Ficino ("Renaissance Platonists") → Neoplatonism → Plato's Symposium → Plotinus → the One → |
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Western philosophy
("Renaissance philosophy")
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Form of Beauty
("Platonic aesthetics")
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