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Platonic Theology
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The Platonic Theology is a work consisting of eighteen books by Marsilio Ficino. Ficino wrote it between 1469 and 1474 and it was published in 1482. It has been described as Ficino's philosophical masterpiece.
From the Wikipedia article Platonic Theology (Ficino), revision 1217884223, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata Q17014077: “book by Marsilio Ficino”.
In this study
In the chronology, in Marsilio Ficino's account.
A massive defence of the immortality of the soul and a Christianised Platonic metaphysics.