University of missouri, 1944 aesthetics, medieval 247 pages. Ficino s labors as a translator provided his greekless contemporaries with access to the greatest works of the ancient platonic tradition. Marsilio ficinos commentary on platos symposium in. Marsilio ficino italian philosopher and theologian britannica. Ficinos famous commentary on platos symposium aka on love 14745 takes the. Plato has his own presence at the trial affirmed by socrates himself, who mentions plato by name twice in plato s apology. On the nature of love is a translation of marsilio ficinos commentary to plato s symposium. Angela hobbs a lodestone puts into iron a certain quality of its own by which the iron is first made like the lodestone, and then drawn to it.
Cake there are very real limitations to any discussion of jacques lacans complex and voluminous commentary on plato s symposium, not least in a paper of this length. The work itself is believed to have been composed sometime between 385 bc and 370 bc. On november 7, 1468, nine men gathered at careggi, outside florence, to honour plato s birthday. Ficino translated and commented on the entire platonic corpus, as well as translating. No scholar has penetrated so deeply and so learnedly into ficinos vast project to revive the philosophy of plato. Hermetic roots of marsilio ficinos anthropocentric thought lauri ockenstrom marsilio ficinos relationship to the hermetic literary tradition has long been a controversial issue in academic discussion. Marsilio ficino author of commentary on platos symposium on. Marsilio ficino author of commentary on platos symposium. Socrates and aristodemus will attend a banquet at agathon, with aristophanes, appolodore, pausanias and eryximachus. This article focuses on the idea that plato weaves around the emotion of love. All display allens characteristic qualities of accurate scholarship, deep learning, literary elegance, and the occasional dash of controlled speculation. Marsilio ficino, born october 19, 1433 in figline near florence, was the son of the. His latin version of the dialogues of plato, published in 1484, made the entirety of plato available for the first time in translation.
Jayne points out that ficino s actual commentary is limited to only six specific passages of plato s dialogue. Sept 2014 10 mb this link contains a free pdf copy of plato s symposium. Through his acquaintance with janus pannonius in the mid 1460s, ficino had every reason to believe that in hungary were men who would have. Marsilio ficino italian philosopher and theologian. Marsilio ficinos most popular book is commentary on platos symposium on love. Marsilio ficino, italian philosopher, theologian, and linguist whose translations and commentaries on the writings of plato and other classical greek authors generated the florentine platonist renaissance that influenced european thought for two centuries.
Desire and the inefficacy of the signifying order a. Pdf platos symposium greek text with facing vocabulary. Commentaries on plato s republic exist but are sometimes so contaminated by authors prejudices as to render them of dubious value. Jayne points out that ficinos actual commentary is limited to only six specific passages of plato s dialogue. Plato s symposium available for download and read online in other formats. Marsilio ficino s commentary on plato s symposium, volume 19, issues 12. Marsilio ficino s most celebrated commentary is the deamore, his explanation of plato s symposium. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 416 pages and is available in paperback format. Translation of marsilio ficinos commentary on plato s symposium, renaissance, neoplatonism. Quite a few comments have been posted about symposium.
The second and seventh of ficinos speakers do not mention the symposium, jayne. Eventually ficinos commentary on the symposiuman unorthodox dialogue itself loosely inspired by the originalbecame one of his most popular and influential treatments of plato. Olympiodoruss commentary on the first alcibiades, and likewise the anonymous prolegomena to. Plato s symposium greek text with facing vocabulary and commentary. Ficinos theory of love, expounded in his commentary to platos symposium commentarium. Since ficino asserts that love is the basis of magic, and indeed, the key link that ensures the unity of the cosmos, his commentary on plato. Categories ethics in value theory, miscellaneous categorize this paper isbns 0882146017 pbk. Books by marsilio ficino author of commentary on platos. Translation of marsilio ficinos commentary on platos symposium, renaissance, neoplatonism. The first edition of the novel was published in 380, and was written by plato. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. Prolegomena to plato s philosophy 12 purification of the doctrines of plato commentary on the gorgias 14 commentary on the phaedo 15 commentary on the theaetetus 16 commentary on the sophist 17 commentary on the phaedrus 18 commentary on the symposium on the discourse of diotima 19 commentary on the philebus 20 on the. These will be noted at the appropriate points in the course of. Bilingual, annotated englishlatin editions of ficinos commentaries on the works of plato.
A lively and highly readable commentary on one of plato s most beloved dialogues. Isbn 0520081439 ernst cassirer, paul oskar kristeller, john herman randall, jr. This book is a translation of ficinos tuscan commentary to platos symposium. Buy commentary on platos symposium on love by ficino, marsilio, sears jayne isbn. This interprets plato s ideas and arguments in the symposium beyond anything plato himself would have recognised. Marsilio ficino project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Commentary on platos symposium on love marsilio ficino. The main characters of this philosophy, classics story are adeimantus, polemarchus. Eudaimonist closure in the speeches of platos symposium david t. Sorry about the file size, but the black and white scan was unreadable so i had to do it greyscale. Please see wikipedias template documentation for further citation fields that may be required.
Marsilio ficino 14331499 marsilio ficino was a florentine philosopher, translator, and commentator, largely responsible for the revival of plato and platonism in the renaissance. On november 7, 1468, nine men gathered at careggi, outside florence, to honour platos birthday. Symposium dont you know that there is a state of mind halfway between wisdom and ignorance. Pdf plato s symposium download full pdf book download. This book is a translation of ficinos tuscan commentary to plato s symposium. Marsilio ficino has 63 books on goodreads with 1532 ratings. Ficinos commentary on platos symposium introduced plotinus view of love and beauty to the poets and artists of renaissance europe and brought the phrase platonic love into common speech. The guests decide not to get drunk, but drinking a.
This man turned western europe on its psychological ear. Since ficino asserts that love is the basis of magic, and indeed, the key link that ensures the unity of the cosmos, his commentary on plato s renowned work on love is of great interest. A search query can be a title of the book, a name of the author, isbn or anything else. The question and answer section for symposium by plato is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel. This edition makes ficinos tuscan version available to english readers for the first time. Publication date 1989 note includes some text in greek. Domenico, and giovanni pico were all in some way involved with the floren tine religious reformer girolamo savonarola. He has been widely recognized by historians of philosophy for his defense of the immortality of the soul, as well as for his translations of plato, plotinus, and the hermetic corpus from greek to latin. If you have read one paragraph of any james hillman book, you know marsilio ficino is the godfather of archetypal psychology. Free download or read online the republic pdf epub book.
On popular platonismgiovanni pico with elia del medigo. Another fascinating work, but out of print translation of ficino s work is his commentary on plato s symposium translated by sears jayne. Eros and philia are the two greek words, which can be translated as love in english. Marsilio ficinos commentary on platos symposium sears reynolds jayne a. Pdf the republic book by plato free download 416 pages. Allens superb new translation of plato ssymposiumbrings this classic text to life for modern readers. Xenophons apology thus is an abbreviated and disappointing document next to plato s, but it does tell us a couple of things that we might not know otherwise. Thus begins ficinos philosophical masterpiece, asserting at once its fundamental sustaining principle, the fusion of platonic and christian conceptual structures into a unified edifice of thought. Marsilio ficinos commentary on plato s symposium sears reynolds jayne a. Symposium is central in plato s philosophy, since it talks about love and ideas. In it he identified platos theory of love with christian love, and argued that the proper love of another person is in fact preparation for the love of god. Ficinos hermias translation and a new apologue coauthored with roger a.
Author of commentary on plato s symposium on love, meditations on the soul, and platonic theology, vol. Marsilio ficinos commentary on platos symposium sears. Ficino s commentaries and treatises placed him in the first rank of philosophers of his age. Jayne, marsilio ficino, commentary on platos symposium on love. Many platonist philosophers in the centuries following plato sought to clarify and summarise his thoughts, but it was during the roman era, that the neoplatonists, in particular, wrote many commentaries on individual dialogues of plato. Commentaries on plato refers to the great mass of literature produced, especially in the ancient and medieval world, to explain and clarify the works of plato. Ficino, marsilio internet encyclopedia of philosophy. The symposium or banquet, which forms plato s inspiring account of socrates and his fellows discoursing on the nature of love, was translated from the greek into latin by the renaissance scholar, philosopher and astrologer, marsilio ficino. In chapter vii of his commentary on plato s phaedrus, published in 1496, the florentine marsilio ficino gives a description of the chariot of the soul in which plato s original image appears supplemented with additions borrowed from other. Zalerts allow you to be notified by email about the availability of new books according to your search query. Full text of philosophy of marsilio ficino internet archive. Surely you see that such a state of mind cannot be called understanding, because. Its likely that part of plato s intention is for the reader to struggle with each paragraph to reveal its meanin. Buy commentary on plato s symposium on love by ficino, marsilio, sears jayne isbn.
Life, style of philosophy, the platonic academy ficino was born on 19 october, 1433, in figline valdarno, a small community southeast of florence, to his mother alexandra the daughter of a florentine citizen and her husband, dietifeci ficino. Platos symposium greek and latin texts with facing. Ficino s commentary on the symposium inspired poets and artists throughout renaissance europe and introduced a platonic love into common speech. But since the 197os michael allen has been mining ficino s other commentaries, especially those on plato s phaedrus and philebus, but also those on the parmenides and timaeus and plotinus enneads. On the nature of love is a translation of marsilio ficinos commentary to platos symposium. Allens superb translations of ficinos commentaries on the phaedrus and the ion volume 1 in the series.
Her work comprises volume 2 of ficinos commentaries on plato, and follows michael j. Readings gender and sexuality in the european renaissance. Hermetic roots of marsilio ficinos anthropocentric thought. The aim of this commentary is to make plato s symposium as accessible as possible to intermediatelevel greek readers so that they may experience the joy, insight, and lasting influence that comes from reading some of the greatest works in classical antiquity in the original greek. Symposium, the dialogue in which eryximachus proposes to. Another fascinating work, but out of print translation of ficinos work is his commentary on plato s symposium translated by sears jayne. On the one hand, there is the verb philein and its cognates philia is the noun, philos the adjectivea word we use all the time when we talk about philanthropy, philosophy, philharmonic, and the like. Marsilio ficinos most popular book is commentary on plato s symposium on love. Symposium by plato, part of the internet classics archive. Responsibility the text and a translation, with an introduction, by sears reynolds jayne. Ficino, who was also present, recorded what was said, although he himself did not speak, and his report constitutes the text of his commentary to platos dialogue. Finally, recent work on the trinity by the theologian colin gunton is drawn upon to suggest the profoundly.
Marsilio ficino s commentary on the fatal number in book viii of plato s republic. The apology of plato may be compared generally with those speeches of thucydides in which he has embodied his conception of the lofty character and policy of the great pericles, and which at the same time furnish a commentary on the situation of affairs from the point of view of the historian. Allen supplements his translation with a commentary that not only enriches our understanding of plato s philosophy and the world of greek antiquity but also provides insights into presentday philosophical concerns. Platos philosophy of love and shakespeares sonnets.
This story is said to serve as an example or model for a usage of another model. Marsilio ficino, commentary on platos symposium on love, trans. An early dedication copy of this was sent to janus pannonius as early as 1469. Symposium translation and commentary, aris and phillips 1998. Although ficino is commonly known as a translator and keen reader of the philosophical. Marsilio ficino stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. Nov 01, 2001 ficino s commentary on plato s symposium, and st augustine s treatise on the trinity, are discussed and shown to throw light on numerous passages in shakespeare s play, which is also placed in the context of ovidian poetry of the 1590s. Platos symposium is one of the acknowledged classics of ancient greek literature and. Is there a sidebyside commentary of platos republic. Commentary on plato s symposium on love ficino, marsilio on.
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