The theory of materia prima in Marsilio Ficino's platonic theology
Vivarium 46 (2):192-221 (2008)
| Abstract | This paper is an examination of the theory of materia prima of the fifteenth century Platonist Marsilio Ficino. It limits its discussion of Ficino's theory to the ontological and epistemic status of prime matter in his Platonic Theology. Ficino holds a "robust" theory of prime matter that makes two fundamental assertions: First, prime matter exists independent of form, and second, it is, at least in principle, intelligible. Ficino's theory of prime matter is framed in this paper with a discussion of the divergence among Scholastic philosophers over the nature of prime matter. | |||||||||
| Keywords | No keywords specified (fix it) | |||||||||
| Categories | ||||||||||
| Options |
|
|||||||||
Download options| PhilPapers Archive |
Upload a copy of this paper Check publisher's policy on self-archival Papers currently archived: 5,701 |
| External links |
  Try with proxy. |
| Through your library | Configure |
Similar books and articlesJames G. Snyder (2011). Marsilio Ficino's Critique of the Lucretian Alternative. Journal of the History of Ideas 72 (2):165-181.
Leo Catana (2012). Thomas Taylor as an Interpreter of Plato: An Epigone of Marsilio Ficino? International Journal of the Platonic Tradition 5 (2):303-312.
Anna Corrias (2012). Imagination and Memory in Marsilio Ficinos Theory of the Vehicles of the Soul1. International Journal of the Platonic Tradition 6 (1):81-114.
Marsilio Ficino (2001). Platonic Theology. Harvard University Press.
Michael J. B. Allen (1998). Synoptic Art: Marsilio Ficino on the History of Platonic Interpretation. Leo S. Olschki.
Marsilio Ficino (2008). Commentaries on Plato. Harvard University Press.
Analytics
Monthly downloads |
Added to index2009-01-28Total downloads41 ( #27,923 of 549,113 )Recent downloads (6 months)2 ( #37,390 of 549,113 )How can I increase my downloads? |
My notes
Discussion
