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“The abstractionist and the materialist thus mutually exasperating each other, and the scoffer expressing the worst of materialism, there arises a third party to occupy the middle ground between these two, the skeptic, namely. He finds both wrong by being in extremes. He labors to plant his feet, to be the beam of the balance.”

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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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