Marsilio Ficino by Angela Voss - ISBN: 9781556435607
Paperback
Renaissance philosopher bridges faith, reason, magic, and astrology.

Marsilio Ficino

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    272 pages

  • Release Date

    15 July 2011

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Summary

Marsilio Ficino was one of the most influential humanist philosophers of the early Italian Renaissance. Though an ordained priest, he was also a practicing astrologer and magician whose daunting life’s work was to reconcile religious faith with philosophical reason - which included integrating pagan magical practice with Christianity. In a lengthy introduction, editor Angela Voss puts Ficino’s achievement in context as a complete re-visioning of traditional astrological practice and the begin…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781556435607
ISBN-10:1556435606
Author:Angela Voss
Publisher:North Atlantic Books,U.S.
Imprint:North Atlantic Books,U.S.
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:272
Release Date:15 July 2011
Weight:318g
Dimensions:215mm x 139mm x 17mm
Series:Western Esoteric Masters
About The Author

Angela Voss

Angela Voss has a PhD from City University, London, where her work was on Ficino’s astrological music therapy. Voss is a lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Kent, Canterbury, where she convenes a Masters program in the Cultural Study of Cosmology and Divination.

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