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When philosophers rule : Ficino on Plato's Republic, Laws and Epinomis / [translation by] Arthur Farndell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ficino, Marsilio, 1433-1499.
- Series:
- Commentaries by Ficino on Plato's writing.
- Commentaries by Ficino on Plato's writing
- Language:
- English
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Epinomis.
- Plato. Republic.
- Plato.
- Plato. Laws.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (193 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd., 2009.
- Language Note:
- Latin
- Summary:
- Searching for a definition of good government, this commentary from Marsilio Ficino examines three Platonic dialogues that have had a profound effect on Western statesmen and jurists. A leading scholar of the Italian Renaissancewho translated all the works of Plato into LatinFicino prepared these notes for Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of the republic of Florence, who aspired to be the kind of enlightened ruler Plato described.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. The commentary of Marsilio Ficino to Plato's Republic
- pt. 2. The commentary of Marsilio Ficino to Plato's Laws
- pt. 3. The commentary of Marsilio Ficino to Plato's Eminomis.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0-85683-367-3
- OCLC:
- 698589124
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