Marsilio Ficino
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Marsilio Ficino was a pivotal 15th-century Italian philosopher, priest, and translator whose revival of Plato and development of Neoplatonism profoundly shaped Renaissance thought and humanism.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marsilio Ficino canonical | 23 |
| Ficino, Marsilio | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Marsilio Ficino Context triple: [Renaissance humanism, associatedWithFigure, Marsilio Ficino]
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Pico della Mirandola
Pico della Mirandola was an Italian Renaissance philosopher famed for his "Oration on the Dignity of Man," a foundational text of humanist thought.
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Coluccio Salutati
Coluccio Salutati was a leading early Italian humanist and chancellor of Florence whose scholarship and political influence helped lay the foundations of Renaissance humanism.
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Lorenzo Valla
Lorenzo Valla was a 15th-century Italian humanist, philologist, and critic best known for his pioneering textual analysis that exposed the Donation of Constantine as a forgery and helped shape Renaissance humanist scholarship.
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Leonardo Bruni
Leonardo Bruni was an influential early Italian Renaissance humanist, historian, and chancellor of Florence, known for his Latin writings and for helping shape civic humanism.
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Francesco Petrarca
Francesco Petrarca, commonly known as Petrarch, was a 14th-century Italian scholar, poet, and early humanist whose writings and rediscovery of classical texts earned him recognition as a founding figure of Renaissance humanism.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Marsilio Ficino Target entity description: Marsilio Ficino was a pivotal 15th-century Italian philosopher, priest, and translator whose revival of Plato and development of Neoplatonism profoundly shaped Renaissance thought and humanism.
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A.
Pico della Mirandola
Pico della Mirandola was an Italian Renaissance philosopher famed for his "Oration on the Dignity of Man," a foundational text of humanist thought.
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B.
Coluccio Salutati
Coluccio Salutati was a leading early Italian humanist and chancellor of Florence whose scholarship and political influence helped lay the foundations of Renaissance humanism.
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C.
Lorenzo Valla
Lorenzo Valla was a 15th-century Italian humanist, philologist, and critic best known for his pioneering textual analysis that exposed the Donation of Constantine as a forgery and helped shape Renaissance humanist scholarship.
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D.
Leonardo Bruni
Leonardo Bruni was an influential early Italian Renaissance humanist, historian, and chancellor of Florence, known for his Latin writings and for helping shape civic humanism.
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E.
Francesco Petrarca
Francesco Petrarca, commonly known as Petrarch, was a 14th-century Italian scholar, poet, and early humanist whose writings and rediscovery of classical texts earned him recognition as a founding figure of Renaissance humanism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic priest
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Neoplatonist philosopher ⓘ Renaissance humanist ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Medici court in Florence
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Platonic Academy of Florence ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1433-10-19 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Figline Valdarno
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Republic of Florence ⓘ |
| citizenship | Republic of Florence ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Italy ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1499-10-01 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Careggi
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Republic of Florence ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Florence ⓘ |
| employer |
House of Medici
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surface form:
Medici family
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| era |
Renaissance
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surface form:
Italian Renaissance
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| fieldOfWork |
astrology
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classical philology ⓘ philosophy ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| genre |
commentary
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philosophical treatise ⓘ theological treatise ⓘ |
| influenced |
European humanist philosophers
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Pico della Mirandola ⓘ
surface form:
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
Lorenzo de' Medici ⓘ Renaissance Platonism ⓘ
surface form:
Renaissance Platonists
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| influencedBy |
Augustine of Hippo
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Plato ⓘ Plotinus ⓘ St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
surface form:
Thomas Aquinas
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| knownFor |
development of Renaissance Neoplatonism
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influence on Renaissance humanism ⓘ revival of Plato in the Renaissance ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Italian
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Latin ⓘ |
| movement |
Neoplatonism
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Renaissance humanism ⓘ |
| name | Marsilio Ficino self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Commentary on Plato's Symposium on Love
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De vita libri tres ⓘ Latin translation of Plato's complete works ⓘ Latin translation of Plotinus' Enneads ⓘ Theologia Platonica ⓘ |
| occupation |
Catholic priest
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astrologer ⓘ philosopher ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| patron |
Cosimo de' Medici
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Lorenzo de' Medici ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | Florence ⓘ |
| positionHeld | head of the Platonic Academy of Florence ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
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