the neoplatonic academy in Florence, neoplatonic philosophy, Ficino
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The neoplatonic academy of Florence was established by Marsilio Ficino in the 1460s. Its members were the young humanists of Florence (see also the interpretation of Janus Pannonius's elegy To His Own Soul ). His relationship to King Matthias and the Hungarian humanists became closer from the end of 1470s. The link between the Hungarian and Florentine people was Francesco Bansini, the member of the Florentine academy, who came to Buda in 1476 escorting Queen Beatrix. He stayed in Hungary until his death (around 1490). He was in correspondence with Ficino, who was also in contact with King Matthias and some Hungarian humanists. He sent his works to Hungary. Several members of the Florentine academy corresponded with Hungarians, or visited Buda, or stayed in the court of King Matthias, bringing and writing books for the king.
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Neoplatonic philosophy
It flourished from the 3rd century BC until the 7th century, and linked Plato's teachings to the ideas of Pythagores, stoic, orphic and Aristotle-peripathetic...etc. theories. Its greatest representatives were Plotinos, Iambicos and Pophyros.
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Marsilio Ficino (1439-1499)
He was Lorenzo de' Medici's friend, a Florentine philosopher from the 15th century. He rediscovered ancient philosophies and mixed them with Christian elements. He translated all the works of Plato and several neoplatonic books into Latin. He summarised his own theories in the book Theologia platonica (1474) (Platonic theology). He knew Janus Pannonius, and he also knew some of his poems, and sent him his dialogue De amore (About Love) with a dedication in 1469. In this he interpreted Plato's book called The Feast and compiled the guidelines of renaissance love.
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