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Title
Marsilio Ficino
Type
Text
Monograph
Illustrative Content
illustrations
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Classification
LCC: B785.F434 M365 2006 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
DDC: 186/.4 full (Assigner: dlc)(Source: 22)
Supplementary Content
bibliography (bibliography)
index (index)
Content
text (txt)
Summary
"A selection of writings by the fifteenth-century philosopher and magus Marsilio Ficino, on the subject of astrology and natural magic. The editor's introduction provides a substantial historical and philosophical context for this figure and explains Ficino's astrology in relation to his Christian Platonic convictions"--Provided by publisher.
Table Of Contents
Introduction
To Cosimo de' Medici
Venus subdues mars, and jupiter saturn
All praise of all things should be given back unto God, the beginning and the end of all
A disputation against the pronouncements of the astrologers
Disputation against the judgement of the astrologers (excerpt)
Divine law cannot be made by the heavens, but may perhaps be indicated by them
The star of the magi
Good fortune is in fate, true happiness in virtue
On obtaining life from the heavens (excerpts)
The principles of music
The book of the sun
What he thinks of astrology
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0611/2006009740.html
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Marsilio Ficino