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Commentaries on Plato

Title
Commentaries on Plato / Marsilio Ficino ; edited and translated by Michael J.B. Allen.
Author
Ficino, Marsilio, 1433-1499.
Publication
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008-

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v. 1Book/TextUse in library JFK 12-39 v. 1Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315
(=v. 2, pt. 2)Book/TextNo restrictions *R-RMRR PA8161 .T3 ITRL 52 (=v. 2, pt. 2)Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 - Reference
(=v. 2, pt. 1)Book/TextNo restrictions *R-RMRR PA8161 .T3 ITRL 51 (=v. 2, pt. 1)Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 - Reference
(=v. 1)Book/TextNo restrictions *R-RMRR PA8161 .T3 ITRL 34 (=v. 1)Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 - Reference

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Additional Authors
  • Allen, Michael J. B.
  • Plato
Description
v.; 21 cm.
Summary
Volume 1 contains analysis and commentary on the 'Phaedrus', which is explicated as a meditation on 'beauty in all its forms' and a work of theology. The commentary on the 'Ion' explores a poetics of divine inspiration that leads to the Neoplatonist portrayal of the soul as a rhapsode whose song is an ascent into the mind of God.
Series Statement
The I Tatti Renaissance library ; 34, 51, 52
Uniform Title
  • Works. Selections. English & Latin. 2008
  • I Tatti Renaissance library ; 34, 51, 52.
Alternative Title
  • Works. 2008
  • Marsilio Ficino and the Phaedran charioteer.
Subject
  • Plato
  • Ion (Plato)
  • Parmenides (Plato)
  • Phaedrus (Plato)
Note
  • Volume 1 is a revised edition of Marsilio Ficino and the Phaedran charioteer (1981), also edited by Michael J.B. Allen.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language (note)
  • Ficino's texts in Latin with English translation on facing pages; introduction and notes in English.
Contents
v. 1. Phaedrus and Ion / edited and translated by Michael J.B. Allen [ITRL 34] -- v. 2 (in 2 parts). Parmenides / edited and translated by Maude Vanhaelen [ITRL 51-52].
Call Number
PA8161
ISBN
  • 9780674031197 (v. 1 (alk). paper)
  • 0674031199 (v. 1 (alk). paper)
  • 9780674064713 (v. 2 (pt). 1 : alk. paper)
  • 0674064712 (v. 2 (pt). 1 : alk. paper)
  • 9780674064720 (v. 2 (pt). 2 : alk. paper)
  • 0674064720 (v. 2 (pt). 2 : alk. paper)
LCCN
2008037878
OCLC
225874258
Author
Ficino, Marsilio, 1433-1499.
Title
Commentaries on Plato / Marsilio Ficino ; edited and translated by Michael J.B. Allen.
Imprint
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008-
Series
The I Tatti Renaissance library ; 34, 51, 52
I Tatti Renaissance library ; 34, 51, 52.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language
Ficino's texts in Latin with English translation on facing pages; introduction and notes in English.
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Table of contents only
Added Author
Allen, Michael J. B.
Plato. Phaedrus.
Plato. Ion.
Plato. Parmenides.
Ficino, Marsilio, 1433-1499. Argumentum et commentarius in Phaedrum. English & Latin.
Ficino, Marsilio, 1433-1499. Argumentum in Platonis Ionem de furore poetico. English & Latin.
Added Title
Marsilio Ficino and the Phaedran charioteer.
Other Form:
Online version: Ficino, Marsilio, 1433-1499. Selections. English & Latin. 2008. Commentaries on Plato. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008- (OCoLC)609214132
Research Call Number
*R-RMRR PA8161 .T3 ITRL 34; 51-52
JFK 12-39
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