Ficino

Contemporary Impact

Marsilio Ficino

Lorenzo de' Medici, Alberti, Poliziano, Landino, Pico della Mirandola, were just some of the minds that Ficino was able to influence. These were some of the most brilliant men  to ever assembled in modern Europe and they all studied under, and followed Ficino in his teachings.

You may also remember artists like Botticelli, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Titian, Dürer. All of who were directly inspired by Ficino. At one time it was said that "the whole intellectual life of Florence in his time was under his influence".

Ficino left behind letters that gave four main clues as to what he accomplished. First, the love which he extended to all people who approached him. Second, was the wisdom which let him to see the talent and poteincial of all people who knew him. Third, he seemed to understand clearly how the different activities of his followers related to the "divine principle" in Man. Fourth, the letters had a quality of timelessness, so that Ficino seems to be speaking to us as clearly today as he spoke  in the 15th century in Florence.

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficino

http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~orpheus/ficino.htm

http://www.renaissanceastrology.com/ficino.html

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