Platonic theology
By: Marsilio Ficino ; Latin text edited by James Hankins with William Bowen ; English translation by Michael J.B. Allen and John Warden.
Contributors: Hankins, James.; Bowen, William R.; Allen, Michael J. B.; Warden, John, 1936-
Series: I Tatti Renaissance library -- 2, 5-7.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: Jul 30, 2004
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Number of pages: 384
Subjects: Plato.; Soul.; Immortality.
Work titles: Theologica Platonica.
Description: "Momus is the most ambitious literary creation of Leon Battista Alberti, the famous humanist-scientist-artist and "universal man" of the Italian Renaissance. In this dark comedy, written around 1450, Alberti charts the lively fortunes of his anti-hero Momus, the unscrupulous and vitriolic god of criticism. Alberti deploys his singular erudition and wit to satirize subjects from court life and politics to philosophy and intellectuals, from grand architectural designs to human and divine folly. This edition provides a new Latin text, the first to be based on the two earliest manuscripts, both corrected by Alberti himself, and includes the first full translation into English."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Books I-IV; title: v. 2. Books V-VIII; title: v. 3 Books IX-XI; title: v.4 Books XII-XIV; title: v. 5. Books XV-XVI; title: v. 6. Books XVII-XVIII.