On Dionysius the Areopagite - The Divine Names, Part II

In 1490/92 the Florentine Platonist Marsilio Ficino made new translations of two treatises he believed were the work of Dionysius the Areopagite, the disciple of St. Paul mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles. They are presented here in new critical editions accompanied by English translations, the first into any modern language.

About the author

Michael J. B. Allen is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Summary

In 1490/92 the Florentine Platonist Marsilio Ficino made new translations of two treatises he believed were the work of Dionysius the Areopagite, the disciple of St. Paul mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles. They are presented here in new critical editions accompanied by English translations, the first into any modern language.

Product details

• Authors: Marsilio Ficino
• Assisted by: Michael J. B. Allen (Translation), Allen Michael J. B. (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.05.2015
• EAN: 9780674743793
• ISBN: 978-0-674-74379-3
• No. of pages: 528
• Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library; The I Tatti Renaissance Library; Tatti Renaissance Library (HUP) CONTINS PASS TO - [e-mail]
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Ancient Greece, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, History of Religion, The Early Church