Marsilio Ficino (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781556435607)

Marsilio Ficino was one of the most influential humanist philosophers of the early Italian Renaissance. Though an ordained priest, he was also a practicing astrologer and magician whose daunting life's work was to reconcile religious faith with philosophical reason -- which included integrating pagan magical practice with Christianity. In a lengthy introduction, editor Angela Voss puts Ficino's achievement in context as a complete re-visioning of traditional astrological practice and the beginning of a humanistic and psychological approach that prefigured contemporary holistic approaches to astrology as therapy.

Author: Angela Voss
ISBN-10: 1556435606
ISBN-13: 9781556435607
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2006
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.48h x 6.56w x 0.77d