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Compendium im Timeum

Ficino, Marsilio (1433-1499) - author
Date:
Language:
Latin
Keywords:
Demiurge
Cosmos
construction of the world
Cause

Bibliographical reference

Ficino, Marsilio. Compendium in Timeum. In Id. Commentaria V perpetua in Platonem. Florence: Laurentius de Alopa, 1496.

Description

Ficino’s seminal commentary on the Timaeus was first published in 1484 and then again in 1496. Ficino discusses therein the process of construction of the world by the Demiurge and the problem of the causes of the cosmos.

Pubblication note

Published in:
Commentaria V perpetua in Platonem
Place of publication:
Florence
Publisher:
Laurentius de Alopa
Date of publication:
1496