Platonicus amor

This analysis of the historical understanding of Marsilio Ficinoa (TM)s commentary on Platoa (TM)s Symposium sets it in relationship to the philosophical interpretation of Eros in Plato and Plotinus, while at the same time providing a multi-faceted description of the place of Ficinoa (TM)s philosophy in the intellectual and spiritual development of the Italian Renaissance. The particular role of Ficinoa (TM)s commentary on Platoa (TM)s Symposium, De amore, within the context of the discourse of love as discussed in vernacular languages in 15th-century Florence is considered, and well as opening up Ficino to further interpretation.