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Gardens of philosophy : Ficino on Plato /

Under the patronage of the Medici family, Marsilio Ficino translated into Latin and commentated on the meaning and implications of key works by Plato--including 25 of Plato's dialogues and 12 letters ascribed to the philosopher. The 40 concise articles in this collection comprise the first Engl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ficino, Marsilio, 1433-1499
Otros Autores: Farndell, Arthur
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Shepheard-Walwyn, 2006.
Colección:Commentaries by Ficino on Plato's writing.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface by Clement Salaman
  • The historical context by Michael Shepherd
  • Translator's introduction
  • Acknowledgments
  • Socrates
  • Plato
  • Welcome
  • PART ONE: SUMMARIES OF TWENTY-FIVE DIALOGUES OF PLATO.
  • Translator's notes to Part One
  • Ficino's preface to his Commentaries on Plato
  • Hipparchus: the desire for gain
  • Philosophy or the lover
  • Theages: wisdom
  • Meno: virtue
  • Alcibiades I: nature of man
  • Alcibiades II: prayer
  • Minos: law
  • Euthyphro: holiness
  • Hippias: the beautiful and noble
  • Lysis: friendship
  • Theaetetus: knowledge
  • Ion: poetic inspiration
  • Statesman: kingship
  • Protagoras: virtue
  • Euthydemus: the views of the Sophists
  • Lesser Hippias: truthfulness
  • Charmides: temperance
  • Laches: courage
  • Cratylus: names
  • Gorgias: rhetoric
  • Apology: Socrates' defense
  • Crito: Socrates' way of life
  • Phaedo: nature of the soul
  • Menexenus: love for one's country
  • Critias: story of Atlantis
  • PART TWO: DISCUSSIONS OF THE TWELVE 'LETTERS OF PLATO'.
  • Translator's notes to Part Two
  • First letter: from Dion to Dionysius
  • Second letter: from Plato to Dionysius
  • Third letter: from Plato to Dionysius
  • Fourth letter: from Plato to Dion
  • Fifth letter: from Dion to Perdiccas
  • Sixth letter: from Plato to Hermias, Erastus, and Corsicus
  • Seventh letter: from Plato to Dion's relatives and friends
  • Eighth letter: from Plato to Dion's relatives and friends
  • Ninth letter: from Plato to Archytas
  • Tenth letter: from Plato to Aristodemus
  • Eleventh letter: from Plato to Laodoman
  • Twelfth letter: from Plato to Archytas
  • PART THREE: APPENDICES.
  • Translator's notes to Part Three
  • Ficino's to ten of Plato's dialogues
  • Ficino's preface to his commentaries on Plato.