Platonic Academy (Florence)
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The Platonic Academy of Florence (
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In about 1462
Ficino became the central figure of an informal group of people interested in his work, who both corresponded and met for intellectual discussions at Montevecchio, at Careggi,
According to some accounts, the group continued to meet after the death of Ficino in 1499, centred round Francesco Cattani da Diacceto. Meetings were no longer at Careggi but in the Orti Oricellari, the gardens of the Palazzo Rucellai, made available by Bernardo Rucellai.[5] The group was dissolved in 1522 in the aftermath of the plot to assassinate Giulio de' Medici.[5] Other accounts give an earlier date of 1492–1494 for the dissolution of the group, suggesting that the meetings in the Orti Oricellari were not directly connected, although many of the same people participated in them.[7]: 20
References
- ISBN 0391034847.
- ISBN 0712698744.
- ^ doi:10.2307/2862593. (subscription required).
- doi:10.2307/2858191. (subscription required).
- ^ a b c d e f [s.n.] (2009). Accademia platonica fiorentina (in Italian). Dizionario di filosofia. Roma: Istituto dell’Enciclopedia Italiana. Accessed March 2022.
- ^ ISBN 0140050906.
- doi:10.2307/750259(subscription required)
Further reading
- Arnaldo della Torre (1902). Storia dell'Accademia Platonica di Firenze. Firenze: Carnesecchi e Figli.