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Marsilio Ficino

1433–1499 · 15th century

Marsilio Ficino (1433–1499) was a Florentine philosopher and priest, the leading Neoplatonist of the Renaissance. Supported by Cosimo de' Medici and later Lorenzo, he translated the complete works of Plato into Latin, published in 1484, as well as the Corpus Hermeticum and Plotinus, and his Platonic Theology sought to reconcile Platonism with Christianity. His circle became known as the Platonic Academy.

Marsilio Ficino
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