Friend to Mankind: Marsilio Ficino

by Michael Shepherd (Editor)

Eighteen essays reexamine Ficino’s life and work focusing on three essential his significance in his own times, his spreading influence throughout Europe and over subsequent centuries in many areas of thought and creativity, and his enduring relevance today. Translation of his major works from Latin enables a new generation to rediscover and share Ficino’s vision of human potential.

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Note: There are more than one Michael Shepherd on GR’s database.
This is the “catch-all” profile.

For Michael Shepherd, pseudonym for Robert Ludlum, see HERE

Reviews

[Hannah Trower · Rating 4 out of 5]

Collection of essays on Marsilio Ficino for the 500th anniversary of his death. The essays cover an interestingly broad range of topics, though each essay is quite short and I think I would have enjoyed it more and gotten more out of it if they were longer. Somewhat out of date, reflecting immediate post-Cold War scholarship tendencies, etc, as one should expect, they still have a lot of useful and interesting information. Not recommended as *only* intro source on Ficino, but can be a useful launching pad to learn more about what there is to learn about him.

[Doris Raines · Rating 2 out of 5]

THIS IS A OK. BOOK.

[Abbas Abbasi]

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