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Ficino directed the Platonic Theology toward his fellow Renaissance ingeniosi, or intellectuals, in the Republic of Florence, including the political elites. [8] In agreement with Plato, in the work Ficino argued for the immortality of the soul, and the Fifth Council of the Lateran was probably influenced by this in its decree Apostolici Regiminis against Christian mortalism.
Plotinus' disciple, Porphyry, followed by Iamblichus, developed the system in conscious opposition to Christianity—even as many influential early Christian writers took inspiration from it in their conceptions of monotheistic theology. The Platonic Academy was re-established during this period; its most renowned head was Proclus (died 485), a ...
Platonic theology can refer to: The theological theories of the Greek philosopher Plato or other such theories within Platonism. The work Theologia Platonica by the ancient philosopher Proclus. The work Platonic Theology (Latin: Theologia Platonica; subtitle: de immortalitate animae) by the Renaissance philosopher Marsilio Ficino.
Proclus Lycius (/ ˈ p r ɒ k l ə s l aɪ ˈ s i ə s /; 8 February 412 – 17 April 485), called Proclus the Successor (Ancient Greek: Πρόκλος ὁ Διάδοχος, Próklos ho Diádokhos), was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher, one of the last major classical philosophers of late antiquity.
Marsilio Ficino (Italian: [marˈsiːljo fiˈtʃiːno]; Latin name: Marsilius Ficinus; 19 October 1433 – 1 October 1499) was an Italian scholar and Catholic priest who was one of the most influential humanist philosophers of the early Italian Renaissance.
Neoplatonism was a major influence on Christian theology throughout Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages in the East, and sometimes in the West as well. In the East, major Greek Fathers like Basil, Gregory of Nyssa and Gregory of Nazianzus were influenced by Platonism and Neoplatonism, but also Stoicism often leading towards asceticism and harsh treatment of the body, for example stylite asceticism.
Plato. Classical theism has its origins in ancient Greek philosophy, particularly in the works of Plato and Aristotle.Plato's concept of the Form of the Good in works like The Republic and Timaeus provided an early model of a transcendent, perfect reality that stands as the ultimate cause and source of all other forms.
The Six Books of Proclus, the Platonic Successor, on the Theology of Plato, 2 vols. 1817 Remarks on the Dæmon of Socrates (article) Use of Arches Known Among the Ancients (article) Select Works of Plotinus, and Extracts from the Treatise of Synesius on Providence. With an Introduction containing the substance of Porphyry's Life of Plotinus; 1818