On the Nature of Love
Ficino on Plato's Symposium
Arthur Farndell author Arthur Farndell translator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd
Published:1st Apr '16
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Sears Jayne's translation of the Latin text, De Amore, was last published in 1999 and copies are now difficult and expensive to obtain. The Tuscan version, called Sopra lo Amore, while running broadly parallel to the Latin, presents numerous small divergences from it. This edition makes Ficino's Tuscan version available to English readers for the first time.
On the Nature of Love is a translation of Marsilio Ficino's commentary to Plato's Symposium. This edition makes Ficino's Tuscan version available to English readers for the first time. Ficino's work was eagerly taken up by court circles throughout Europe and became part of their standard fare for the next two centuries.On the Nature of Love is a translation of Marsilio Ficino’s commentary to Plato’s Symposium. This edition makes Ficino’s Tuscan version available to English readers for the first time. On November 7, 1468, nine men gathered at Careggi, outside Florence, to honour Plato’s birthday. After the meal, the Symposium was read, and the guests – now reduced to seven – spoke on the nature of love. Ficino, who was also present, recorded what was said, and his report constitutes the text of his commentary. His work was eagerly taken up by court circles throughout Europe and became part of their standard fare for the next two centuries. In more recent times, Ficino’s commentary has exercised the minds of theologians, philosophers, and psychologists.
"It fills a need, since these Ficinian works have never been translated into English before. Even those Anglophone scholars who know Latin still need a translation in order to read quickly through a large body of material." Carol V. Kaske, Cornell University in Renaissance Quarterly"
ISBN: 9780856835094
Dimensions: 216mm x 133mm x 15mm
Weight: 254g
200 pages