Ficino’s Idea Of Soul
The theme of Soul is the thread that weaves together the tapestry of Ficino’s thinking. I would like to focus on a passage from Ficino’s commentary on Plato’s Phaedrus: You must understand that in approaching the task of depicting the idea of the soul. . . (Marsilio Ficino and the Phaedrian Charioteer, Michael J.B. Allen, page 96). He goes on to describe six conceptions of the soul, which I may deal with in later essays. For now, however, my aim…