When Philosophers Rule: Ficino on Plato's Republic, Laws and Epinomis

· Shepheard Walwyn Publishers Ltd
Ebook
192
Pages

About this ebook

Searching for a definition of good government, this commentary from Marsilio Ficino examines three Platonic dialogues that have had a profound effect on Western statesmen and jurists. A leading scholar of the Italian Renaissance--who translated all the works of Plato into Latin--Ficino prepared these notes for Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of the republic of Florence, who aspired to be the kind of enlightened ruler Plato described.

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