{"product_id":"platos-persona-9780812249859","title":"Platos Persona","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"With an enviable erudition and a superb command of printed and manuscript sources, as well as of the rhetorical tradition, Robichaud's book has enriched this already impressive tradition of Ficino scholarship. A mere glance into the \u003ci\u003eindex locorum\u003c\/i\u003e of the book reveals the scope of Robichaud's research. \u003ci\u003ePlato's Persona\u003c\/i\u003e is an important and timely contribution to our understanding of Ficino's work; the book has enormous potential to engender new scholarship on Renaissance Platonism and its cultural environment in general. It is a must-read for any specialist in the field, because its author substantially enhances our sensitivity to Ficino's approach to Platonism in some crucial, but hitherto rather neglected, aspects.\" * \u003ci\u003eJournal of the History of Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Well documented and nicely written, this volume is a fine contribution to our understanding of the history of Platonism as well as to our grasp of the contributions of Marsilio Ficinio to Renaissance humanism. It is a model for how to conjoin research into the history of thought with an active engagement of philosophical questions.\" * \u003ci\u003eInternational Philosophical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003ePlato's Persona\u003c\/i\u003e, Robichaud takes his place alongside Chastel, Kristeller, and Allen as one of the new generation's leading Ficino specialists. He does this by attempting something that has not been done before, 'writing a single volume analyzing Ficino's hermeneutics for understanding the Platonic corpus as a whole . . . ' \u003ci\u003ePlato's Persona\u003c\/i\u003e is a work of serious scholarship that gives us a Ficino for our time.\"\" * \u003ci\u003eNeo-Latin News\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003ePlato's Persona,\u003c\/i\u003e Denis Robichaud studies Italian Renaissance philosopher Marsilio Ficino's writings with the keen eye and skills of a multilingual classical philologist, yet also through the broad perspective of an intellectual historian. Noting that Ficino is usually read for his scholarly contributions rather than his rhetorical skills, Robichaud aptly employs that additional lens to highlight the Italian philosopher's importance for both intellectual and creative letters. The result is an impressive study that elucidates the surprisingly poetic aspects of Ficino's thought and practices.\" * \u003ci\u003eBulletin of the Comediantes\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"The breadth of sources which Robichaud analyses in detail and in their original languages is remarkable… Robichaud’s sensitivity to various literary forms, his rhetorical ingenuity and his detailed, as well as imaginative, analyses of manuscripts, including their paratexts, makes this book as valuable for literary scholars as it is for historians of philosophy. Both will also embrace Robichaud’s compelling account of Ficino and his engagement with the Platonic corpus.\" * International Journal of the Classical Tradition *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003ePlato's Persona\u003c\/i\u003e is a valuable contribution to our understanding of Ficino and his complex engagement both with Plato and the Pythagoreans and with Augustine and the later Neoplatonists.\" * Michael J. B. Allen, University of California, Los Angeles *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003ePlato's Persona\u003c\/i\u003e contains much new information on Ficino's self-conception as a philosopher and on his approach to understanding Plato. I am impressed by Robichaud's control of the literature, ancient and modern, and the linguistic range it demonstrates.\" * John Monfasani, University at Albany, State University of New York *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Prosopon\/Persona: Philosophy and Rhetoric\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Ficino and the Platonic Corpus\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Socrates\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Pythagoras and Pythagoreans\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Plato\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Appendix. Heuristic Prosopography of Ficino's Pythagoreans\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405734748503,"sku":"9780812249859","price":59.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/platos-persona-9780812249859","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}