Philosophy

Gardens of Philosophy

By Ficino Ficino

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What made the Renaissance tick? Why had it such a force that its thinking spread from a small group of scholars in Florence, working in their own brilliant ways but coming together in a small villa on the Florentine hillside where Marsilio Ficino (143399) lived, to affect the thinking of the whole of Europe, and eventually of America, for five hundred years and is continuing to do so? Cosimo de?Medici, the virtual ruler of Florence, had been attracted to the philosophy of Plato by Gemistos Plethon during the Council Florence in 1439 and had instructed his agents to gather together Plato?s works before Constantinople fell to the Turks in 1453. In 1462 he commissioned Marsilio Ficino to translate them from Greek into Latin for the benefit of the Latin speaking world, a task he completed in under five years according to his biographer Giovanni Corsi. This, the first volume in a four volume series, provides the first English translation of the 25 short commentaries on the dialogues and the 12 letters traditionally ascribed to Plato. Later volumes will provide translations of his longer commentaries on the Parmenides (2008), the Republic and Laws (2009) and Timaeus (2010). Though this book will be an essential buy for Renaissance scholars and historians, its freshness of thought and wisdom are as relevant today as they ever were to inspire a new generation seeking spiritual and philosophical direction in their lives.

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GenrePhilosophy

Length8 hrs 7 mins

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Publish dateAug 8, 2012

LanguageEnglish

1Preface

28Summary of Laches, Concerning Courage

2The Historical Context

29Summary of Cratylus, Concerning the True Principle of Names

3Translator’S Introduction

30Summary of Gorgias

4Acknowledgements

31Summary of the Apology of Socrates

5Socrates

32Summary of Crito, Dedicated to the Magnanimous Lorenzo de-Medici

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6Plato

33Summary of Phaedo

7Welcome

34Summary of Menexenus, Dedicated to the Magnanimous Lorenzo de-Medici

8Part One Summaries Of Twenty-Five Dialogues Of Plato

35Summary of Critias, or the Account of Atlantis

9Translator’s Notes to Part One

36PART TWO Discussions of the Twelve ‘Letters of Plato

10The Preface to the Commentaries on Plato by Marsilio Ficino of Florence, Addressed to the Magnanimous Lorenzo de’ Medici

37Translator’s Notes to Part Two

11Summary of Plato’s Hipparchus

38Discussion of the First Letter, Written by Dion

12Summary of Plato’s Book on Philosophy or The Lover

39Discussion by Marsilio of the Second Letter, which Plato wrote to Dionysius, Tyrant of Syracuse

13Summary of Theages, Concerning Wisdom

40Discussion by Marsilio of the Third Letter, Written by Plato to the Tyrant Dionysius

14Summary of Meno, Concerning Virtue

41Discussion by Marsilio of the Fourth Letter, Written by Plato to Dion of Syracuse

15Summary of Alcibiades I, Concerning the Nature of Man

42Discussion of the Fifth Letter

16Summary of Alcibiades II, Concerning Prayer

43Discussion by Marsilio of the Sixth Letter, Written to Hermias, Erastus, and Coriscus

17Summary of Minos, Concerning Law

44Discussion by Marsilio of the Seventh Letter

18Summary of Euthyphro, Concerning Holiness

45Discussion by Marsilio of the Eighth Letter, Written to the Same Relatives and Friends of Dion

19Hippias or On the Beautiful and Noble: Summary Dedicated to Piero de-Medici, Father of His People

46Discussion by Marsilio of the Ninth Letter

20Plato’s Lysis or Concerning Friendship: Summary Dedicated to Piero de-Medici, Father of His People

47Discussion by Marsilio of the Tenth Letter

21Summary of Plato’s Theaetetus, a Work on Knowledge, Dedicated to Piero de-Medici, Father of His People

48Discussion by Marsilio of the Eleventh Letter

22Summary of Plato’s Ion or On Poetic Frenzy, Dedicated to the Magnanimous Lorenzo de-Medici

49Discussion by Marsilio of the Twelfth Letter

23Summary of Plato’s Statesman

50PART THREE Appendices

24Summary of Protagoras

51Translator’s Notes to Part Three

25Summary of Euthydemus

52Introduction by Marsilio Ficino of Florence to the Ten Dialogues of Plato, Translated for Cosimo de-Medici, Father of His Country

26Summary of the Lesser Hippias

53The Preface of Marsilio Ficino of Florence to his Commentaries on Plato, Addressed to Niccola Valori, a Citizen Endowed with Foresight and Great Worth

27Summary of Charmides, Concerning Temperance