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“There is a moment in the history of every nation, when . . . the perceptive powers reach their ripeness and have not yet become microscopic: so that man, at that instant . . . with his feet still planted on the immense forces of night, converses by his eyes and brain with solar and stellar creation.”

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Marsilio Ficino
Marsilio Ficino

Marsilio Ficino was an Italian philosopher born in October 1433 and died on October 1, 1499. He was an influential figure of the Renaissance period, known for his studies and dissemination of Platonic philosophy. more

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