HIST-308 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola, Poliziano, Platonic Love
20 Mar 2020
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Other humanists next tried to come up with more arguments in favour of human dignity. Since his attempts to elevate human dignity via neoplatonism could lead to denigration of the human body: his influence. Even though new ideas were coming, his influence remained profound. His attempt to synthesize classical and christian culture would become the model for later humanists: his followers. Some of his followers, like angelo poliziano the politician, pursued typically humanist classical work. Others, like giovanni pico della mirandola, came close to breaking the mould: his legacy. What these followers shared was ficino"s sense that classical and christian thought were more intimately connected than even the medievals had suspected: a legacy in print. Recall as well that the gutenberg style printing press was in use by the 1440s. This meant that ficino lived in a world where his works could be reproduced mechanically and en masse: platonic love.
