Index Eorum, Quae Hoc In Libro Habentur. Iamblichus de mysteriis Aegyptiorum, Chaldaeorum, Assyriorum. Proclus in Platonicum Alcibiadem de anima, atquae demone. Proclus de sacrificio, & magia. Porphyrius de divinis, atque daemonibus. Synesius Platonicus d

[Neo-Platonism] Iamblichus, Proclus, Porphyrius, Synesius, Psellus, Alcinous, Pythagoras, Hermes Trismegistus, Marsiglio Ficino, et al.

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Venice:: Aldus [Andrea Torresano],, 1516.. Ficino's edition of these important neo-Platonic texts was first published in 1497 by Aldus. This the "superior" second edition which includes new materials including Ficino's influential De vita libris tres."Ficino (1433-1499) son of the physician to Cosimo d'Medici, dedicated himself to the study of Plato and neo-Platonic thought. His translations of the whole of Plato and Plotinus into Latin were key elements in the Renaissance rebirth of Platonic thought. His interest in Porphyry, Proclus, Dionysius the Pseudo-Areopagite, and the Hermetic corpus were likewise the basis for occult investigations into neo-Platonism. "He took over and reinterpreted Plato's theory of love...and combined it with ancient theories of friendship that were known to him primarily through Aristotle and Cicero; he also tried to identify it with the Christian love (charitas) praised by St. Paul. He even added some touches from the tradition of medieval courtly love as it was known to him through Guido Cavalcanti, Dante, and other early Tuscan poets. This doctrine of love, which exercised a tremendous influence during the sixteenth century..." [Ency.of Philosophy.]"From 1490 to 1530, one great intellectual and publisher dominates the scence. Aldus Manutius, who settlede at Venice in 1494, produced during the next twenty years a series of editiones princeps for virtually all the classics Greek authors." [Camb. Hist. of Reniassance Philosophy.] Second Aldine Edition..