Marsilio Ficino was born on October 19, 1433[1], in Figline Valdarno[2]. He died on October 1, 1499[3], in Villa Medici at Careggi[4]. He worked as a philosopher[5], translator[6], astrologer[7], poet[8], and writer[9]. He ranks in the top 0.7% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,728 views/month, #7,051 of 1,000,298).[10]
Student of: Gemistus Pletho[26], John Argyropoulos[27]
Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)[28], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[29], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[30], BEIC Digital Library[31], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[32], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[33], The Catholic Encyclopedia[34]
Languages spoken, written or signed: Latin[35], Italian[36]
Marsilio Ficino has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] He is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]
He has been cited as an influence by Giordano Bruno[41], an astronomer[42], 1548–1600[43], of Kingdom of Naples[44], specialised in philosophy[45].
Works attributed to him include Poimandres[46], a literary work[47]; De vita libri tres[48], a written work[49]; and Platonic Theology[50], a literary work[51].
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