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De Sole, The Book of the Sun by Marsilio Ficino is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is De Sole, The Book of the Sun about?
The Book of the Sun represents the culmination of Ficino's life and work. Published in 1494, five years before his death, it is a supreme example of the very synthesis of astrology, religion and philosophy for which Ficino strived all his life, and illustrates his ability to convey the deepest mystical experience within a lucid, authoritative prose. In the Dedication to Piero de' Medici Ficino tells us that the origin of this work is the metaphor of the Sun in Plato's Republic, and that he was inspired by Pseudo Dionysius on the same subject Ficino's new reading of the Republic passage was destined for the third edition of his Plato translation, patronised by Piero.In an "Apology" to Philippo Valori, Ficino begs Valori, now Florentine Ambassador to the Pope, to defend him against future accusations of heresy stemming from his two little 'solar' works (De Sole and De Lumine), for which he had already prepared himself; he precedes the De Sole with a preface to the reader in which he explains how his book should be interpreted in an allegorical and anagogical sense rather than dogmatically (a sentiment echoed in a letter to Poliziano, dated 20th August 1494). In fact De Sole is not la
Who reads De Sole, The Book of the Sun?
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Marsilio Ficino
- Language
- EN
- Category
- nonfiction