On Dionysius The Areopagite Vol I Ficino Allen Harvard Blue HC Philosophy USA
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On Dionysius The Areopagite Vol I Ficino Allen Harvard Blue HC Philosophy USA. Brand/Publisher: Harvard University Press (The I Tatti Renaissance Library; Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States). Title: On Dionysius the Areopagite, Volume I (ITRL 66). Authors and editors: Marsilio Ficino (author, Renaissance Platonist philosopher); translated and edited by Michael J. B. Allen; series general editor James Hankins. Format: Bilingual Latin–English scholarly hardcover volume in the I Tatti Renaissance Library series, presenting Ficino's Latin text together with facing English translation and full critical apparatus. Cover: Blue cloth-covered boards with a small black-and-gilt I Tatti Renaissance Library title label inset on the front cover, matching black spine panel with gilt lettering reading "Ficino On Dionysius the Areopagite Volume I Allen," and a gilt Harvard device at the foot of the spine; no dust jacket present with this copy. Content: Offers Marsilio Ficino's engagement with the writings attributed to Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, including his interpretation of key treatises such as The Divine Names and Mystical Theology, together with introductory material that situates Dionysian thought within the context of Renaissance Platonism and Christian theology. Overview: This volume provides the original Latin text alongside a modern English translation, with scholarly notes, appendices, and interpretive commentary that illuminate Ficino's reception of Dionysian metaphysics, angelology, and mystical ascent, and trace the influence of these ideas on later Christian and philosophical traditions. Genre/Topics: Philosophy, Christian Neoplatonism, religious and spiritual classics, intellectual and church history, Renaissance studies, and world literature. Language and audience: Latin original with parallel English translation, designed for adult readers, graduate students, and scholars in philosophy, theology, classics, and the history of ideas. Features: High-quality sewn binding, cream-colored pages, readable scholarly typesetting, extensive notes on the text and translation, concordances, bibliography, and an index to Volume I; uniform blue-cloth design consistent with other titles in The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Identifiers and publication details: Copyright © 2015 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College; first published 2015 by Harvard University Press as volume 66 in The I Tatti Renaissance Library; printed in the United States of America.
