# Marsilio Ficino

Italian Renaissance humanist who revived Neoplatonism and translated Plato's complete works, founding the Florentine Academy.

**Lived:** 1433–1499 (b. Figline Valdarno, Italy)
**Nationality:** Italian
**Training:** Physician; student of John Argyropoulos (Greek language and literature)
**Affiliation:** Florentine Platonic Academy (founder and head); Catholic Church (priest from 1473)

## Key works

- *Theologia Platonica de immortalitate animae* (1474)
- *De Christiana Religione* (1474)
- *Plato's complete works (Latin translation)* (1484)
- *De amore* (1484)
- *De vita libri tres* (1489)
- *Hermetica (translation)*