Marsilio Ficino On Dionysius The Areopagite Vol 2 Allen Blue HC Harvard Religion
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Marsilio Ficino On Dionysius The Areopagite Vol 2 Allen Blue HC Harvard Religion. Brand/Publisher: Harvard University Press, The I Tatti Renaissance Library (Cambridge, Massachusetts, and London, England). Title: Marsilio Ficino: On Dionysius the Areopagite, Volume 2 – The Divine Names, Part II (ITRL 67). Authors and editors: Marsilio Ficino (Renaissance philosopher and theologian); edited and translated by Michael J. B. Allen; series general editor James Hankins. Format: Scholarly nonfiction hardcover volume in the I Tatti Renaissance Library series, presenting a critical edition and English translation of a key work in Renaissance philosophy and Christian theology. Cover: Blue cloth boards with a black and gilt title plaque on the front cover and matching black and gilt spine label bearing the author, title, volume number, and Harvard device; top and bottom page edges left plain; no dust jacket present with this copy. Content overview: Provides Ficino's Latin translation and commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite's treatise on the Divine Names, with an introduction, explanatory notes, and scholarly apparatus relating Ficino's interpretation to late antique and medieval Christian Neoplatonism. Language and text layout: Bilingual Latin–English edition offering Ficino's Latin text with facing-page English translation, together with editorial notes and references aimed at facilitating close study of the original language and its reception. Genre/Topics: Renaissance philosophy, Neoplatonism, Christian theology, history of religion, intellectual history, and classical reception studies. Series and audience: Part of The I Tatti Renaissance Library, a series dedicated to authoritative Latin texts of the Italian Renaissance with modern English translations, designed for advanced students, scholars, and informed general readers interested in philosophy, theology, and historical studies. Publication details: Copyright © 2015; published as Volume 2 of Marsilio Ficino on Dionysius the Areopagite in The I Tatti Renaissance Library by Harvard University Press.
