5 Quotes & Sayings By Marsilio Ficino

Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499) was the first great philosopher of the Renaissance and a brilliant, curious, and prolific writer who created a spiritual and philosophical world that would influence the world for centuries to come. Born in Italy, he studied liberal arts, philosophy and classics at the University of Florence. He was appointed professor of Philosophy at Florence and moved to Rome where he was appointed as secretary to Pope Nicholas V. He wrote over forty books on a variety of subjects including astrology, alchemy, mathematics, music, poetry, botany and medicine Read more

He is especially noted for his translations of the works of Plato and the other ancient philosophers into Latin.

Why do we think love is a magician? Because the...
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Why do we think love is a magician? Because the whole power of magic consists in love. The work of magic is the attraction of one thing by another because of a certain affinity of nature. Marsilio Ficino
The soul exists partly in eternity and partly in time.
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The soul exists partly in eternity and partly in time. Marsilio Ficino
In these times I don't, in a manner of speaking,...
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In these times I don't, in a manner of speaking, know what I want; perhaps I don't want what I know and want what I don't know. Marsilio Ficino
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Books that distribute things... with as daring a freedom as we use in dreams, put us on our feet again. Marsilio Ficino