PHILOSOPHER

Marsilio Ficino

1433 - 1499

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Marsilio Ficino (Italian: [marˈsiːljo fiˈtʃiːno]; Latin name: Marsilius Ficinus; 19 October 1433 – 1 October 1499) was an Italian scholar and Catholic priest who was one of the most influential humanist philosophers of the early Italian Renaissance. He was an astrologer, a reviver of Neoplatonism in touch with the major academics of his day, and the first translator of Plato's complete extant works into Latin. His Florentine Academy, an attempt to revive Plato's Academy, influenced the direction and tenor of the Italian Renaissance and the development of European philosophy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marsilio Ficino is the 126th most popular philosopher (up from 130th in 2019), the 346th most popular biography from Italy (down from 311th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Italian Philosopher.

Marsilio Ficino was a philosopher and physician from Florence, Italy. He is most famous for his translation of Plato's works into Latin and for his commentary on the Hermetic Corpus, which he believed to be a divine revelation.

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Among philosophers, Marsilio Ficino ranks 126 out of 1,267. Before him are Bonaventure, Henri de Saint-Simon, Emmanuel Levinas, Ramon Llull, Willard Van Orman Quine, and Hans-Georg Gadamer. After him are Chanakya, Pyrrho, Anaximenes of Miletus, Simone Weil, Joseph Priestley, and John Wycliffe.

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Among people born in 1433, Marsilio Ficino ranks 2. Before him is Charles the Bold. After him are Stephen III of Moldavia, Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu, Abdullah Mirza, Mirkhvand, Giovanni Giocondo, James of Portugal, Eleanor of Scotland, and Nilus of Sora. Among people deceased in 1499, Marsilio Ficino ranks 1. After him are Alesso Baldovinetti, John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg, Stephen Zápolya, Paulo da Gama, Bartolomeo Vivarini, Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick, Ambrogio Contarini, Perkin Warbeck, Leonardo III Tocco, and Laura Cereta.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Marsilio Ficino ranks 346 out of 5,161. Before him are Umberto II of Italy (1904), Pope Paul I (700), Farinelli (1705), Pope Felix III (440), Pope Alexander IV (1200), and Pope Gregory IV (790). After him are Gordian III (225), Juvenal (50), Paolo Uccello (1475), Giorgio Armani (1934), Vittore Carpaccio (1465), and Pope Benedict III (810).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Italy

Among philosophers born in Italy, Marsilio Ficino ranks 13. Before him are Zeno of Elea (-490), Antonio Gramsci (1891), Pliny the Elder (23), Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463), Boethius (480), and Bonaventure (1221). After him are Giambattista Vico (1668), Tommaso Campanella (1568), Cesare Beccaria (1738), Alcmaeon of Croton (-510), Hippasus (-600), and Theano (-600).

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