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The Origins of the Platonic Academy of Florence
By (Author) Arthur M. Field
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
28th June 2016
United States
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy
945.5
Hardback
320
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
624g
Founded by Cosimo de' Medici in the early 1460s, the Platonic Academy shaped the literary and artistic culture of Florence in the later Renaissance and influenced science, religion, art, and literature throughout Europe in the early modern period. This major study of the Academy's beginnings presents a fresh view of the intellectual and cultural li