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The Platonic Academy of Florence (Italian: Accademia Platonica di Firenze) was an informal discussion group which formed around Marsilio Ficino in the Florentine Renaissance of the fifteenth century. [ 1 ] : 57 [ 2 ] : 132 [ 3 ] : 458 [ 4 ] [ 5 ] : 150
Diacceto was born in Florence on 16 November 1466, the son of Zanobi Cattani da Diacceto and Lionarda di Francesco di Iacopo Venturi. [1] In his nineteenth year he married Lucretia di Cappone di Bartolomeo Capponi, with whom he had seven sons and six daughters. From 1491 to 1492 he studied philosophy under Oliviero Arduini at the University of ...
Francesco was born in 1438 and studied at the Platonic academy of Florence. He married a lady from the Canigiani family. [12] He served as ambassador for Florence, and was Gonfalonieri di Guistizia four times.
He later found employment in Florence in the court of Lorenzo de' Medici and took part in the Platonic Academy, founded by Marsilio Ficino. Berlinghieri provided financial support to Ficino during the latter's translation of Plato's works into Latin. In 1464 Berlinghieri started to work on a treatise based upon Ptolemy's Geography. He updated ...
When Cosimo decided to refound Plato's Academy at Florence, he chose Ficino as its head. In 1462, Cosimo supplied Ficino with Greek manuscripts of Plato's work, whereupon Ficino started translating the entire corpus into Latin [ 5 ] (draft translation of the dialogues finished 1468–69; [ 6 ] published 1484).
The Platonic Academy was destroyed in 86 B.C. by Roman general Sulla. A statue of ancient Greek philosopher Plato in Athens, Greece. - Brigida Soriano/Alamy.
Landino was a member of the Platonic Academy founded by Marsilio Ficino in Florence. He was the tutor of Lorenzo de' Medici and his brother Giuliano . Landino also held public office, first as chancellor of the Guelf party (1467) and later as scriptor of public letters for the Signoria .
The Academy (Ancient Greek: Ἀκαδημία, romanized: Akadēmía), variously known as Plato's Academy, or the Platonic Academy, was founded at Athens by Plato circa 387 BC. The academy is regarded as the first institution of higher learning in the west, where subjects as diverse as biology , geography , astronomy , mathematics , history ...