Marsilio Ficino (1433 - 1499) was the major philosopher of the Florentine Renaissance. Under the patronage of Cosimo Medici he translated the complete Dialogues of Plato from Greek to Latin for the first time, as well as the Enneads of Plotinus. Through the Platonic Academy in Florence he inspired poets, painters, architects and musicians in a revival of the arts based on ancient principles. He also corresponded with the leading artists and thinkers of Europe. 1999 celebrates the five hundredth anniversary of his death.

The following bibliography is offered for those interested in his works.

Albertini, T. (1997). Marsilio Ficino : das Problem der Vermittlung von Denken und Welt in einer Metaphysik der Einfachheit. München, W. Fink Verlag.

Allen, M. J. B. (1984). The platonism of Marsilio Ficino : a study of his Phaedrus commentary, its sources and genesis. Berkeley, University of California Press.

Allen, M. J. B. (1994). Nuptial arithmetic : Marsilio Ficino's commentary on the fatal number in Book VIII of Plato's Republic. Berkeley, University of California Press.

Allen, M. J. B. (1995). Plato's third eye : studies in Marsilio Ficino's metaphysics and its sources. Aldershot, Hampshire ; Brookfield, Vt., Variorum.

Allen, M. J. B. and M. Ficino (1989). Icastes : Marsilio Ficino's interpretation of Plato's Sophist : five studies and a critical edition with translation. Berkeley, University of California Press.

Beierwaltes, W. (1980). Marsilio Ficinos Theorie des Schönen im Kontext des Platonismus : vortragen am 28. Juni 1980. Heidelberg, C. Winter.

Benesch, D., M. Ficino, et al. (1977). Marsilio Ficino's "De triplici vita" (Florenz 1489) in deutschen Bearbeitungen und Übersetzungen : Ed. d. Codex palatinus germanicus 730 u. 452. Frankfurt am Main ; Bern ; Las Vegas, Lang.

Chastel, A. (1975). Marsile Ficin et l'art. Genève, Droz.

Collins, A. B., M. Ficino, et al. (1974). The secular is sacred : Platonism and Thomism in Marsilio Ficino's Platonic theology. The Hague, Nijhoff.

Eisenbichler, K. and O. Z. Pugliese (1986). Ficino and Renaissance Neoplatonism. Ottawa, Canada, Dovehouse Editions Canada.

Ficino, M. (1493). Liber de sole et lumine. Florence,, Antonio di Bartolommeo Miscomini.

Ficino, M. (1515). Marsilius Ficinus De triplici vita : cu[m] textu Salerni ad vnguem castigato. Uenundantru [sic] Parrhysijs, Ab Joanne Paruo ...

Ficino, M. (1975 - 1999 six volumes to date). The letters of Marsilio Ficino. London, Shepheard-Walwyn.

Ficino, M. (1975). Theologia Platonica de immortalitate animorum : xviii libris comprehensa. Hildesheim ; New York, Olms.

Ficino, M. (1980). The book of life. Irving, Tex., Spring Publications.

Ficino, M. (1988). The book of life. Dallas, Tex., Spring Publications.

Ficino, M. (1996). Meditations on the soul : selected letters of Marsilio Ficino. Rochester, Vt., Inner Traditions International.

Ficino, M. and M. J. B. Allen (1975). The Philebus commentary. Berkeley, University of California Press.

Ficino, M. and M. J. B. Allen (1981). Marsilio Ficino and the Phaedran charioteer : introduction, texts, translations. Berkeley, University of California Press.

Ficino, M. and P. Azara (1993). Sobre el furor divino y otros textos. Barcelona, Anthropos.

Ficino, M. and S. R. Jayne (1985). Commentary on Plato's Symposium on love. Dallas, Tex., Spring Publications.

Ficino, M., C. V. Kaske, et al. (1989). Three books on life. Binghamton, N.Y., Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies in conjunction with the Renaissance Society of America.

Ficino, M. and G. La Porta (1982). L'essenza dell'amore. Roma, Atanòr.

Ficino, M. and S. Niccoli (1987). El libro dell'amore. Firenze, L.S. Olschki.

Ficino, M. and R. Pintaudi (1977). Lessico greco-latino : Laur. Ashb. 1439. Roma, Edizioni dell'Ateneo & Bizzarri.

Ficino, M., M. Plessner, et al. (1978). De vita libri tres. Hildesheim ; New York, G. Olms Verlag.

Figline Valdarno (Italy), Istituto nazionale di studi sul Rinascimento., et al. (1984). Il Lume del sole : Marsilio Ficino medico dell'anima : Figline Valdarno, Vecchio Palazzo comunale, 18 maggio-19 agosto, 1984 : Comune di Figline Valdarno, Istituto nazionale di studi sul Rinascimento Regione Toscana, provincia di Firenze con il contributo della Cassa di risparmio di Firenze. Firenze, Opus libri.

Garfagnini, G. C. (1986). Marsilio Ficino e il ritorno di Platone : studi e documenti. Firenze, L.S. Olschki.

Gentile, S., S. Niccoli, et al. (1984). Marsilio Ficino e il ritorno di Platone : mostra di manoscritti stampe e documenti 17 maggio-16 giugno 1984 : catalogo. Firenze, Le Lettere.

Jayne, S. R., J. Colet, et al. (1980). John Colet and Marsilio Ficino. Westport, Conn., Greenwood Press.

Klutstein, I. (1987). Marsilio Ficino et la théologie ancienne : oracles chaldaïques, hymnes orphiques-- hymnes de Proclus. [Florence, Italy], L.S. Olschki.

Kristeller, P. O. (1956). Studies in Renaissance thought and letters. Roma,, Edizioni di storia e letteratura.

Kristeller, P. O. (1981). Marsilio Ficino letterato e le glosse attribuite a lui nel codice Caetani di Dante. Roma, Fondazione Camillo Caetani.

Kristeller, P. O. (1987). Marsilio Ficino and his work after five hundred years. [Florence], Leo S. Olschki.

Kristeller, P. O. (1988). Il pensiero filosofico di Marsilio Ficino. Firenze, Casa editrice Le Lettere.

Kristeller, P. O., J. Hankins, et al. (1987). Supplementum festivum : studies in honor of Paul Oskar Kristeller. Binghamton, N.Y., Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies.

Lauster, J. (1998). Die Erlösungslehre Marsilio Ficinos: theologiegeschichtliche Aspekte des Renaissanceplatonismus. Berlin ; New York, W. de Gruyter.

Marangoni, C. (1986). Le religioni nelle utopie dell'umanesimo : Marsilio Ficino e Pico Della Mirandola. Roma, Pontificia Università Lateranense: 136.

Moore, T. (1982). The planets within : Marsilio Ficino's astrological psychology. Lewisburg
London, Bucknell University Press ;
Associated University Presses.

Oehlig, U. (1992). Die philosophische Begründung der Kunst bei Ficino. Stuttgart, Teubner.

Plato, o. C. Xenocrates, et al. (1508). In hoc opere hec insunt: Prefatio Marsilij Ficini in libr*u Xenocratis De morte Xenocratis Platonici De morte liber vtilissimp9s. Antonij M*acinelli Sermo in somni*u Scipionis Somni*u Scipionis ex sexto libro M. Tullij De republica excerptum. [Deventer,, J. de Breda.

Porphyry, C. J. Larrain, et al. (1987). Die Sentenzen des Porphyrios. Frankfurt am Main ; New York, P. Lang.

Raffini, C. (1998). Marsilio Ficino, Pietro Bembo, Baldassare Castiglione : philosophical, aesthetic, and political approaches in Renaissance Platonism. New York, P. Lang.

Zanier, G. (1977). La medicina astrologica e la sua teoria : Marsilio Ficino e i suoi critici contemporanei. Roma, Edizioni dell'Ateneo & Bizzarri.

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