Matteo Bosso (1427-1502)
Jan 15, 2023
Medicine & Platonic Academy & Hermetism & Firenze
Bosso was a member of the Platonic Academy of Marsilio Ficino and a friend of Pico della Mirandola and Lorenzo de Medici. De instituendo sapientia
Jamblichus (c. 245–c. 325 CE)
Dec 10, 2022
Hermetism & Neoplatonism
Jamblichus was a Syrian Neoplatonist philosopher and a student of Porphyry, the most influential Neoplatonist of his time. He is best known for his
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463-1494)
Dec 10, 2022
Philosophy & Hermetism & Firenze
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola was an Italian Renaissance philosopher, humanist, and Christian mystic. He is best known for his work, “Oration on the
Hermes Trismegistus
Dec 3, 2022
Hermetism
In the Renaissance Hermes Trismegistus was considered to be a pagan philosopher, who had foreseen Christianity. Renaissance scholars such as Ficino,
Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499)
Dec 2, 2022
Hermetism & Neoplatonism & Astrology & Firenze
Marsilio Ficino was an Italian philosopher, theologian, astrologer, and physician. He is best known for his translations of Plato and his