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Marsilio Ficino was an Italian philosopher and scholar of the Renaissance known for his revival of Platonic philosophy and humanist ideals. As the founder of the Platonic Academy in Florence, Ficino played a central role in the transmission of classical Greek thought to the Western world. His translations of Plato's works and commentaries on Neoplatonism inspired a renaissance of philosophical inquiry and laid the groundwork for the intellectual and cultural flourishing of the Renaissance.
"Saturn seems to have impressed the seal of melancholy on me from the beginning."
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"You are running to seek your friend. Let your feet run, but your mind need not."
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"Who can wonder at the attractiveness... of the bar, for our ambitious young men, when the highest bribes of society are at the feet of the successful orator?"
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