The Danger of Demons
The Astrology of Marsilio Ficino
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16474284 |
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| Authors | Remo Catani (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 37-52 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Italian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0075-1634 • E-ISSN: 1748-6181 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/its.2000.55.1.37 |
| OpenAlex | W2018492450 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
The series of fierce polemics on astrology, which were fought in Italy and most of Western Europe in the closing years of the fifteenth century and opening decades of the sixteenth, involved many leading thinkers and had as its focal point Pico della Mirandola's Disputationes, a massive attack in twelve books published posthumously in 1496. Its stated aim was to destroy one of Christianity's principal enemies, and Pico was probably encouraged in his task by Savonarola who in 1493 launched an ongoing campaign from the pulpit against astrologers. For several decades, however, there had been growing tension as the Church reacted to increasing astrological belief and practice at all social levels. It is during this period, and under such tension, that Marsilio Ficino pursued the goals dictated by his role as a devout priest, innovative theologian, and ground-breaking humanist whose deep-seated astrological convictions nurtured a commitment to retrieve and develop a beneficent form of astral magic consonant with his Christian faith
Alchemy · Art · Art history · Astrology · Christianity · Faith · Fifteenth · Humanism · Literature · MAGIC (telescope · Middle Ages · Protestantism · Pulpit · Theology · Witch · Classics · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Philosophy · Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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