Marsilio Ficino
Italian philosopher and Catholic priest (1433–1499)
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Marsilio Ficino made Plato accessible to Renaissance Europe by translating his complete works into Latin, then basically cosplayed ancient philosophy by running the Florentine Academy as his own neo-Platonic think tank.
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Marsilio Ficino was an Italian scholar and Catholic priest who was one of the most influential humanist philosophers of the early Italian Renaissance. He was an astrologer, a reviver of Neoplatonism in touch with the major academics of his day, and the first translator of Plato's complete extant works into Latin. His Florentine Academy, an attempt to revive Plato's Academy, influenced the direction and tenor of the Italian Renaissance and the development of European philosophy.
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