Combronde, C
The thought of Marsilius Ficinus in his Theologia Platonica appears, according to Andre Chastel, to offer a leading idea to the philosophy of the Renaissance, an idea which is above all an aesthetics. The theory that it is no longer possible to approach a philosophical problem except via art, without art being the ultimate medium in discovering all knowledge, is the great discovery of Ficinus' work. But from this point of view, a question arises: can one still speak of the Platonic origin of such a project that transmits to the beautiful the order to deal with all philosophical and metaphysical questions? How could such a divergence from the system of Plato have arisen? This is the object of this brief study. Its aim is to show how Renaissance thought, far from establishing a rupture with Platonic themes, encourages dialogue and, in spite of the novelties it brings about, did not cease to return to its sources in order to propose to the reader a unified system.
Bibliographic reference |
Combronde, C. Les platoniciens de l'art à la Renaissance. In: Revue Philosophique de Louvain, Vol. 97, no. 2, p. 268-288 (1999) |
Permanent URL |
http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/43915 |