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Nuptial arithmetic : Marsilio Ficino's commentary on the fatal number in Book VIII of Plato's Republic

Title
Nuptial arithmetic : Marsilio Ficino's commentary on the fatal number in Book VIII of Plato's Republic / Michael J.B. Allen.
Author
Allen, Michael J. B.
Publication
Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1994.

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Description
x, 291 pages : facsimile; 24 cm
Subject
  • Ficino, Marsilio, 1433-1499
  • Plato
  • Plató, 428 o 7-348 o 7 aC
  • Platon, 0428-0348 av. J.-C
  • Ficin, Marsile, 1433-1499
  • Platon, (0427?-0348? av. J.-C.)
  • De numero fatali (Ficino, Marsilio)
  • Republic (Plato)
  • Symbolism of numbers > History
  • Eugenics > History
  • Astrology > History
  • Astrology
  • Eugenics
  • Symbolism of numbers
  • Respublica (Plato)
  • Simbolisme dels nombres
  • Eugenèsia
  • Astrologia
  • Symbolism of numbers > Early works to 1800
  • Symbolisme des nombres dans la littérature
  • Astrologie > Histoire
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-278) and indexes.
Contents
Ficino's Commentary on the Eighth Book of the Republic -- Figured Numbers and the Fatal Number -- Eugenics, the Habitus, and the Spirit -- Jupiter, the Stars, and the Golden Age -- Argumentum -- Ficino's Rendering of Republic VIII.546A1-D3 -- De Numero Fatali -- Appendix 1: Ficino's Greek Exemplar -- Appendix 2: Ficino and the Earlier Humanist Versions of Republic 546A ff. -- Appendix 3: "In Number, Weight, and Measure."
ISBN
  • 0520081439
  • 9780520081437
LCCN
92026074
OCLC
  • ocm26401817
  • 26401817
  • SCSB-9544592
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library