This book is a translation of ficinos tuscan commentary to platos symposium. Sept 2014 10 mb this link contains a free pdf copy of platos symposium. Xviii marsilio ficino presents a version of the divine ascent that is closely based on plato s and rather clearer than the original, but adapted of course to ficino s christianized neoplatonism. Download commentaries on plato volume 2 or read online books in pdf, epub, tuebl, and mobi format.
Here ficino set up his famous florentine academy, devoted to the study and celebration of plato s teachings. In his commentary on plato s symposium sixth speech, chs. Plato s symposium is a series of speeches on love given at a party in ancient greece. Eventually ficino s commentary on the symposium an unorthodox dialogue itself loosely inspired by the originalbecame one of his most popular and influential treatments of plato.
Since ficino asserts that love is the basis of magic, and indeed, the key link that ensures the unity of the cosmos, his commentary on plato. Commentary on platos symposium on love university of toronto. As that decade wore on ficino authored commentaries on and summaries of plato s writings, many of which he continued to work on for the rest of his career. These works had a profound impact on ficino s reading of romans. The aim of this commentary is to make plato s symposium as accessible as possible to intermediatelevel greek readers so that they may experience the joy, insight, and lasting influence that comes from reading some of the greatest works in classical. Commentary on platos symposium on love by marsilio ficino free pdf d0wnl0ad, audio books, books to read, good books to read, cheap books, good books. The guests decide not to get drunk, but drinking a little and discuss about love. Socrates and aristodemus will attend a banquet at agathon, with aristophanes, appolodore, pausanias and eryximachus. Hermetic roots of marsilio ficinos anthropocentric thought 39 great impact on later. Marsilio ficino stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. His wideranging commentary includes discussions of greek religious, social, and sexual practices, the conceptual connections between the symposium and freud, the influence of the symposium on. On november 7, 1468, nine men gathered at careggi, outside florence, to honour plato s birthday. We furnish full variant of this ebook in pdf, doc, djvu, epub, txt formats.
Parmenides, part i the i tatti renaissance library in pdf format, in that case you come on to right site. Marsilio ficino author of commentary on platos symposium on. As that decade wore on ficino authored commentaries on and summaries of platos writings, many of which he continued to work on for the rest of his career. Marsilio ficino author of commentary on platos symposium. In chapter vii of his commentary on plato s phaedrus, published in 1496, the florentine marsilio ficino gives a description of the chariot of the soul in which plato s original image appears supplemented with additions borrowed from other. Book file pdf easily for everyone and every device. Ficino s commentaries and treatises placed him in the first rank of philosophers of his age. For this reason i think ficino s translations of, and especially his commentaries to, plato s dialogues on the sophists is a.
Marsilio ficinos commentary on platos gorgias catana. Plato s symposium greek text with facing vocabulary and commentary. Another fascinating work, but out of print translation of ficino s work is his commentary on plato s symposium translated by sears jayne. In addition to these substitutions, i have edited jowetts translation for punctuation, grammar, and formatting not consistent with the conventions of standard english. It depicts a friendly contest of extemporaneous speeches given by a group of notable men attending a banquet. Platos symposium is one of the acknowledged classics of ancient greek literature and. The work itself is believed to have been composed sometime between 385 bc and 370 bc. Marsilio ficino, commentary on platos symposium on love, trans. Trueblood, plato s symposium and ficino s commentary in lope. I argue that ficino s translation of, and commentary to, plato s gorgias was a significant, but perhaps also unintended, contribution to the dissemination of ancient sophists in the italian renaissance. Commentaries on plato volume 2 download ebook pdf, epub. Since ficino asserts that love is the basis of magic, and indeed, the key link that ensures the unity of the cosmos, his commentary on plato s renowned work on love is of great interest. Plus, free twoday shipping for six months when you sign up for amazon prime for students. This edition makes ficino s tuscan version available to english readers for the first time.
Readers interested in intertextuality will observe how benivieni, by means of modesty, reduces his. Symposium, the dialogue in which eryximachus proposes to. Marsilio ficino s interpretation of plato s sophist, edited and translated by michael j. Responsibility the text and a translation, with an introduction, by sears reynolds jayne. Ficino and his successors regarded hermes trismegistus. Marsilio ficino project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. A course on the afterlife of platos symposium department of. Allen reveals the unity of platos intentions in the symposium, explores the dialogues major themes, and links them with platos other dialogues. Buy commentary on platos symposium on love by ficino, marsilio, sears jayne isbn. The guests decide not to get drunk, but drinking a. Plato s symposium and ficino s commentary agree in the vision of spiritual love as an ennobling force, in contrast to carnal love, which debases, a vision which in socrates speech pro duces the famous description of a ladder of love leading up to the pure idea of the good and the beautiful. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Contributor jayne, sears reynolds, 1920contentssummary.
Marsilio ficino books list of books by author marsilio ficino. Sept 2014 10 mb this link contains a free pdf copy of plato s symposium. Ficino, who was also present, recorded what was said, although he himself did not speak, and his report constitutes the text of his commentary to plato s dialogue. Of his original writings the theologia platonica 1482. In agreement with plato, in the work ficino argued for the immortality of the soul, and the fifth council of the lateran was probably influenced by this in its decree apostolici regiminis. This man turned western europe on its psychological ear. This book is a translation of ficino s tuscan commentary to plato s symposium. Marsilio ficino s commentary on the fatal number in book viii of plato s republic.
As for the text itself, the title is quite deceptive, as it is more of a compendium or compilation of a smattering of neoplatonic ideas mixed in with classical physiology and a touch of astrology than a commentary on plato s symposium. Commentary on platos symposium on love by marsilio ficino commentary on platos symposium on love by marsilio ficino pdf, epub ebook d0wnl0ad if you have read one paragraph of any james hillman book, you know marsilio ficino is the godfather of archetypal psychology. Symposium is central in platos philosophy, since it talks about love and ideas. He was an astrologer, a reviver of neoplatonism in touch with the major academics of his day and the first translator of plato s complete. He continued to receive the active support of the medici until their expulsion from florence in 1494. Ficino directed the platonic theology toward his fellow renaissance ingeniosi, or intellectuals, in the republic of florence, including the political elites. Jayne, marsilio ficino, commentary on platos symposium on love.
Hermetic roots of marsilio ficinos anthropocentric thought. Marsilio ficino s commentary on plato s symposium sears reynolds jayne a. Ficino translated and commented on the entire platonic corpus, as well as translating. Marsilio ficinos commentary on platos symposium sears. Marsilio ficino italian philosopher and theologian. Ficino s labors as a translator provided his greekless contemporaries with access to the greatest works of the ancient platonic tradition. Dialogues of plato, volume 2 yale university press. Marsilio ficino s commentary on plato s symposium, volume 19 marsilio ficino, sears reynolds jayne snippet view 1944. The i tatti renaissance library, published by harvard university press, is the only series that makes available to a broad readership the major literary, historical, philosophical, and scientific works of the italian renaissance written in latin. Ficino, marsilio internet encyclopedia of philosophy. Stanford libraries official online search tool for books, media, journals, databases, government documents and more. The i tatti renaissance library harvard university press.
The symposium or banquet, which forms plato s inspiring account of socrates and his fellows discoursing on the nature of love, was translated from the greek into latin by the renaissance scholar, philosopher and astrologer, marsilio ficino. This volume consists of 21 essays on marsilio ficino 143399, the great florentine scholar, philosopher and priest who was the architect of renaissance platonism and whose long. On the nature of love is a translation of marsilio ficinos commentary to platos symposium. It was cavalcanti who first suggested the idea of the symposium commentary. Academy florentine the platonic academy in florence. Each volume provides a reliable latin text together with an accurate, readable english translation on facing pages, accompanied by an editors. Commentaries on plato phaedrus and ion book summary. Commentary on platos symposium on love by marsilio ficino.
Platos symposium greek and latin texts with facing. Romans, he had also completed his commentaries on plato, plotinus, and other major neoplatonic philosophers, and he was about to publish his commentaries on dionysius the areopagite. Many platonist philosophers in the centuries following plato sought to clarify and summarise his thoughts, but it was during the roman era, that the neoplatonists, in particular, wrote many commentaries on individual dialogues of plato. This english translation by sears jayne is an indispensable tool for a series of classes im teaching on platonic traditions. Click download or read online button to get commentaries on plato volume 2 book now. Ficino introduced the phrase platonic love, by which he meant a relationship that included both the. Marsilio ficinos commentary on platos symposium in. If you are looking for a ebook by marsilio ficino commentaries on plato, volume 2. The aim of this commentary is to make platos symposium as accessible as possible to intermediatelevel greek readers so that they may experience the joy, insight, and lasting influence that comes from reading some of the greatest works in classical.
Later in the renaissance we find direct and indirect commentaries by george of trebizond 9514721473 and marsilio ficino 14331499. Book on the christian religion are the most significant. Allen 1980 journal of the warburg and courtauld institutes 43. Buy commentary on plato s symposium on love by ficino, marsilio, sears jayne isbn. Eventually ficinos commentary on the symposiuman unorthodox dialogue itself loosely inspired by the originalbecame one of his most popular and influential treatments of plato. Employed by the medici as translator, ficino devoted six years to translation of.
Symposium is central in plato s philosophy, since it talks about love and ideas. Translation of marsilio ficino s commentary on plato s symposium, renaissance, neoplatonism. On popular platonismgiovanni pico with elia del medigo. In it he identified plato s theory of love with christian love, and argued that the proper love of another person is in fact preparation for the love of god.
This volume contains ficino s extended analysis and commentary on the phaedrus. This edition makes ficinos tuscan version available to english readers for the first time. The symposium or banquet, which forms platos inspiring account of socrates and his fellows discoursing on the nature of love, was translated from the greek into latin by the renaissance scholar, philosopher and astrologer, marsilio ficino. Translation of marsilio ficinos commentary on platos symposium, renaissance, neoplatonism. Marsilio ficino s commentary on plato s symposium, volume 19, issues 12 marsilius ficinus, sears reynolds jayne snippet view 1944. Even though ficino by and large sided with plato in his rejection of the sophists, he inadvertently promoted their ideas in the renaissance. Marsilio ficino italian philosopher and theologian britannica. In it he identified platos theory of love with christian love, and argued that the proper love of another person is in fact preparation for the love of god. Commentaries on plato refers to the great mass of literature produced, especially in the ancient and medieval world, to explain and clarify the works of plato. It is the first major philosophical text on love in western literature.
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