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Ficino, Marsilio

Marsilio Ficino (Ficinus), 1433-1499. Translator of Plato and Plotinus who advocated a Christian Neoplatonism. Influential on Renaissance humanist thought. He also dabbled extensively in magic and astrology.

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• - A detailed biographical article, from the introduction to an English edition of his correspondence.
  
• - Essay by D.P. Walker, considering Ficino's theory of magic in context.
  
• - A Ficino-inspired musical setting of Renaissance Latin versions of several Orphic hymns. Background information on Ficino includes two papers by Angela Voss.
  
• - An illustrated biographical essay with extensive bibliography.
  
• - A 2001 essay by Edmond H. Wollman. Reviews this Italian thinker's ideas and their context.
  
• - Details background and theory of the astrology of this famous Renaissance scholar.
  
• - Biography and introduction to Ficino's astrology, magic and philosophy. Includes some detailed articles on Ficino's astrological thought.
  
  

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