Concept
Platonism in the Renaissance
Overview
Platonism, especially in its Neoplatonist form, underwent a revival in the Renaissance as part of a general revival of interest in classical antiquity. Interest in Platonism was especially strong in Florence under the Medici.
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Philosophers who discussed Platonism in the Renaissance
Related ideas
- Avicenna
- Florence
- Greek language
- Council of Florence
- Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
- Gemistos Plethon
- Latin
- Hermetica
- University of Chicago Press
- Marsilio Ficino
- Cosimo de' Medici
- Platonism
- Plato
- Neoplatonism
- Platonic Academy
- Classical antiquity
- Renaissance
- Talmud
- Aristotle
- Plotinus
- House of Medici
- Averroes
- Humanism
- East–West Schism
Place in the tradition
Part of Platonism.
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