Single Idea 16605

[catalogued under 1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 3. Earlier European Philosophy / d. Renaissance philosophy]

Full Idea

From the mid-fifteenth century forward, for the first time, the whole Platonic corpus was available in Ficino's Latin translation. Before then, only the first half of the 'Timaeus' had widely circulated in Latin.

Gist of Idea

After c.1450 all of Plato was available. Before that, only the first half of 'Timaeus' was known

Source

Robert Pasnau (Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671 [2011], 05.1)

Book Reference

Pasnau,Robert: 'Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671' [OUP 2011], p.77