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 The precise nature of Florence’s Academy remains unclear today. <ref>Marsilio Ficino. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://iep.utm.edu/ficino/ Accessed on 3/28/23</ref> However, while extant sources do not permit to categorize the Platonic Academy as a formal school or advanced institution with regular meetings, there are some facts that can be documented: In 1463 Cosimo de Medici gave Ficino a small property in Careggi with a domicile <ref>Ficino, Marsilio. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ficino/ Accessed on 4/1/23</ref> where Ficino brought together the greatest thinkers, artists and leaders of Florence and helped them shape, build and bring into reality in their own field his fundamental ideals. Thus, the Academy was most likely a spiritual community bound together by a common bond of love to each other and to Ficino. <ref>Cacioppe, Ron. <i>Marsilio Ficino: Magnus of the Renaissance, Shaper of Leaders</i>. Integral Leadeership Review. http://integralleadershipreview.com/5397-feature-article-marsilio-ficino-magnus-of-the-renaissance-shaper-of-leaders/ Accessed on 4/5/23</ref>And even though the group was never formally organized, its members considered themselves a re-creation of the Academy hat had been formed by Plato in Athens. <ref>Platonic Academy. Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Platonic-Academy. Accessed on 4/6/22</ref>
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	4. He influenced leaders’ need to live and represent Spirit in everything they did and to create a society that was just, fair, and uplifting for the human spirit. <ref>Cacioppe, Ron. <i>Marsilio Ficino: Magnus of the Renaissance, Shaper of Leaders</i>. Integral Leadership Review. http://integralleadershipreview.com/5397-feature-article-marsilio-ficino-magnus-of-the-renaissance-shaper-of-leaders/ Accessed on 4/5/23</ref>		4. He influenced leaders’ need to live and represent Spirit in everything they did and to create a society that was just, fair, and uplifting for the human spirit. <ref>Cacioppe, Ron. <i>Marsilio Ficino: Magnus of the Renaissance, Shaper of Leaders</i>. Integral Leadership Review. http://integralleadershipreview.com/5397-feature-article-marsilio-ficino-magnus-of-the-renaissance-shaper-of-leaders/ Accessed on 4/5/23</ref>

			== Additional resources ==
			* [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/ficino-marsilio Ficino, Marsilio] in Theosophy World

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 Ficino died in 1499, leaving a significant cultural legacy. His Latin translations of Plato, Plotinus, and other Platonizing thinkers became standard ones for over three centuries after his death and his theories on love permeated sixteenth-century literature. <ref>Ficino, Marsilio. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ficino/ Accessed on 4/5/23</ref>
 His life and work made a significant contribution to the ideas, science, and art of the Renaissance in several important ways.
 .	He integrated the Greek’s use of reason and Platonic ideals with Christian belief.
 .	He rekindled the idea that God was immanent, permeated all things and that the human soul was an expression of God.
 .	The establishment of an Academy that brought ideas from all around the world to discuss, debate and to seek universal truth.
 .	He influenced leaders’ need to live and represent Spirit in everything they did and to create a society that was just, fair, and uplifting for the human spirit. <ref>Cacioppe, Ron. <i>Marsilio Ficino: Magnus of the Renaissance, Shaper of Leaders</i>. Integral Leadership Review. http://integralleadershipreview.com/5397-feature-article-marsilio-ficino-magnus-of-the-renaissance-shaper-of-leaders/ Accessed on 4/5/23</ref>
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	He was ordained in 1473 and later became a canon of Santa Maria del Fiore, a cathedral in Florence. Despite being ordained, he faced opposition and censure from the Church on account of his Platonic teachings. Ficino’s acceptance by the church was further strained as a result of his association with the brilliant scholar [[Pico della Mirandola]]. <ref>Ficino, Marsilio. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ficino/ Accessed on 4/5/23</ref>		He was ordained in 1473 and later became a canon of Santa Maria del Fiore, a cathedral in Florence. Despite being ordained, he faced opposition and censure from the Church on account of his Platonic teachings. Ficino’s acceptance by the church was further strained as a result of his association with the brilliant scholar [[Pico della Mirandola]]. <ref>Ficino, Marsilio. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ficino/ Accessed on 4/5/23</ref>

	Due to his study of medicine, he was interested in his own and his friends’ health. He was given credit for remarkable cures for many of his friends and provided his service free of charge. In 1478 there was an outbreak of plague in Florence and Ficino helped overcome the disease by publishing a practical guide to the treatment of plague. This was made immediately accessible and of use to citizens and was later translated into Latin as a standard medical text.		Due to his study of medicine, he was interested in his own and his friends’ health. He was given credit for remarkable cures for many of his friends and provided his service free of charge. In 1478 there was an outbreak of plague in Florence and Ficino helped overcome the disease by publishing a practical guide to the treatment of plague. This was made immediately accessible and of use to citizens and was later translated into Latin as a standard medical text.

	Ficino was a unique type of philosopher with powerful intellectual and spiritual ideas and immensely practical. He brought spirituality into the heart by making it part of the total environment and culture of society. He brought about cultural change by continually encouraging leaders to maintain their health in body and mind, to keep good company, and to live and work in an environment that was harmonious and uplifting. He also insisted that leaders become examples of the highest qualities and only focus on activities and actions that bring out the best in human nature. <ref>Cacioppe, Ron. <i>Marsilio Ficino: Magnus of the Renaissance, Shaper of Leaders</i>. Integral Leadership Review. http://integralleadershipreview.com/5397-feature-article-marsilio-ficino-magnus-of-the-renaissance-shaper-of-leaders/ Accessed on 4/5/23</ref>		Ficino was a unique type of philosopher with powerful intellectual and spiritual ideas and immensely practical. He brought spirituality into the heart by making it part of the total environment and culture of society. He brought about cultural change by continually encouraging leaders to maintain their health in body and mind, to keep good company, and to live and work in an environment that was harmonious and uplifting. He also insisted that leaders become examples of the highest qualities and only focus on activities and actions that bring out the best in human nature. <ref>Cacioppe, Ron. <i>Marsilio Ficino: Magnus of the Renaissance, Shaper of Leaders</i>. Integral Leadership Review. http://integralleadershipreview.com/5397-feature-article-marsilio-ficino-magnus-of-the-renaissance-shaper-of-leaders/ Accessed on 4/5/23</ref>

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	Marsilio Ficino was a priest, a doctor, and one of the most influential humanist philosophers of the early Italian Renaissance, as well as a practicing astrologer and magician whose daunting life’s work was to reconcile religious faith with philosophical reason. <ref>Voss, Angela. Marsilio Ficino. Western Esoteric Master Series. 2006. North Atlantic Books </ref> He perceived himself as continuing a lineage of astrologer-priests from ancient and pagan times and philolosophical theology and astrology were closely linked in his mind. <ref> Clydesdale, Rugh. <i>Jupiter Tames Saturn: Astrology in Ficino’s Epistolae.</i> In: Laus Platocini Philosophi. Marsilio Ficino and his Influence. Brill. 2011</ref> He was known for his love of music and inherited the medieval tradition of linking astrology, music, and medicine into a holistic view of health. <ref>Cacioppe, Ron. <i>Marsilio Ficino: Magnus of the Renaissance, Shaper of Leaders</i>. Integral Leadership Review. http://integralleadershipreview.com/5397-feature-article-marsilio-ficino-magnus-of-the-renaissance-shaper-of-leaders/ Accessed on 4/5/23</ref>		Marsilio Ficino was a priest, a doctor, and one of the most influential humanist philosophers of the early Italian Renaissance, as well as a practicing astrologer and magician whose daunting life’s work was to reconcile religious faith with philosophical reason. <ref>Voss, Angela. Marsilio Ficino. Western Esoteric Master Series. 2006. North Atlantic Books </ref> He perceived himself as continuing a lineage of astrologer-priests from ancient and pagan times and philolosophical theology and astrology were closely linked in his mind. <ref> Clydesdale, Rugh. <i>Jupiter Tames Saturn: Astrology in Ficino’s Epistolae.</i> In: Laus Platocini Philosophi. Marsilio Ficino and his Influence. Brill. 2011</ref> He was known for his love of music and inherited the medieval tradition of linking astrology, music, and medicine into a holistic view of health. <ref>Cacioppe, Ron. <i>Marsilio Ficino: Magnus of the Renaissance, Shaper of Leaders</i>. Integral Leadership Review. http://integralleadershipreview.com/5397-feature-article-marsilio-ficino-magnus-of-the-renaissance-shaper-of-leaders/ Accessed on 4/5/23</ref>

	He was ordained in 1473 and later became a canon of Santa Maria del Fiore, a cathedral in Florence. Despite being ordained, he faced opposition and censure from the Church on account of his Platonic teachings. Ficino’s acceptance by the church was further strained as a result of his association with a brilliant scholar [[Pico della Mirandola]]. <ref>Ficino, Marsilio. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ficino/ Accessed on 4/5/23</ref>		He was ordained in 1473 and later became a canon of Santa Maria del Fiore, a cathedral in Florence. Despite being ordained, he faced opposition and censure from the Church on account of his Platonic teachings. Ficino’s acceptance by the church was further strained as a result of his association with the brilliant scholar [[Pico della Mirandola]]. <ref>Ficino, Marsilio. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ficino/ Accessed on 4/5/23</ref>
	Due to his study of medicine, he was interested in his own and his friends’ health. He was given credit for remarkable cures for many of his friends and provided his service free of charge. In 1478 there was an outbreak of plague in Florence and Ficino helped overcome the disease by publishing a practical guide to the treatment of plague. This was made immediately accessible and of use to citizens and was later translated into Latin as a standard medical text.		Due to his study of medicine, he was interested in his own and his friends’ health. He was given credit for remarkable cures for many of his friends and provided his service free of charge. In 1478 there was an outbreak of plague in Florence and Ficino helped overcome the disease by publishing a practical guide to the treatment of plague. This was made immediately accessible and of use to citizens and was later translated into Latin as a standard medical text.
	Ficino was a unique type of philosopher with powerful intellectual and spiritual ideas and immensely practical. He brought spirituality into the heart by making it part of the total environment and culture of society. He brought about cultural change by continually encouraging leaders to maintain their health in body and mind, to keep good company, and to live and work in an environment that was harmonious and uplifting. He also insisted that leaders become examples of the highest qualities and only focus on activities and actions that bring out the best in human nature. <ref>Cacioppe, Ron. <i>Marsilio Ficino: Magnus of the Renaissance, Shaper of Leaders</i>. Integral Leadership Review. http://integralleadershipreview.com/5397-feature-article-marsilio-ficino-magnus-of-the-renaissance-shaper-of-leaders/ Accessed on 4/5/23</ref>		Ficino was a unique type of philosopher with powerful intellectual and spiritual ideas and immensely practical. He brought spirituality into the heart by making it part of the total environment and culture of society. He brought about cultural change by continually encouraging leaders to maintain their health in body and mind, to keep good company, and to live and work in an environment that was harmonious and uplifting. He also insisted that leaders become examples of the highest qualities and only focus on activities and actions that bring out the best in human nature. <ref>Cacioppe, Ron. <i>Marsilio Ficino: Magnus of the Renaissance, Shaper of Leaders</i>. Integral Leadership Review. http://integralleadershipreview.com/5397-feature-article-marsilio-ficino-magnus-of-the-renaissance-shaper-of-leaders/ Accessed on 4/5/23</ref>

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	Ficino feared that his contemporaries were losing their way because of their tendency to separate philosophy from religion. He considered the Platonic corpus a treasury of wisdom, filled with different subject matters but always, when rightly interpreted, leading one to the divine. <ref>Ficino, Marsilio. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ficino/ Accessed on 4/1/23</ref> He showed that Plato’s ideas of the Good, the True, and the Beautiful were evidence of the love of one absolute and all-pervading God. For him, Christianity must rest on philosophical grounds and he argued that Plato does not stop at intermediate causes but rises to the highest cause. His writings led to the adoption of the belief in the immortality of the soul as a central Christian tenet. Ficino brought Platonic ideas into Christianity and merged Christianity with Reason.<ref>Cacioppe, Ron. <i>Marsilio Ficino: Magnus of the Renaissance, Shaper of Leaders</i>. Integral Leadeership Review. http://integralleadershipreview.com/5397-feature-article-marsilio-ficino-magnus-of-the-renaissance-shaper-of-leaders/ Accessed on 4/5/23</ref>		Ficino feared that his contemporaries were losing their way because of their tendency to separate philosophy from religion. He considered the Platonic corpus a treasury of wisdom, filled with different subject matters but always, when rightly interpreted, leading one to the divine. <ref>Ficino, Marsilio. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ficino/ Accessed on 4/1/23</ref> He showed that Plato’s ideas of the Good, the True, and the Beautiful were evidence of the love of one absolute and all-pervading God. For him, Christianity must rest on philosophical grounds and he argued that Plato does not stop at intermediate causes but rises to the highest cause. His writings led to the adoption of the belief in the immortality of the soul as a central Christian tenet. Ficino brought Platonic ideas into Christianity and merged Christianity with Reason.<ref>Cacioppe, Ron. <i>Marsilio Ficino: Magnus of the Renaissance, Shaper of Leaders</i>. Integral Leadeership Review. http://integralleadershipreview.com/5397-feature-article-marsilio-ficino-magnus-of-the-renaissance-shaper-of-leaders/ Accessed on 4/5/23</ref>



	===God is immanent and the Soul Divine===		===God is immanent and the Soul Divine===

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	The precise nature of Florence’s Academy remains unclear today. <ref>Marsilio Ficino. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://iep.utm.edu/ficino/ Accessed on 3/28/23</ref> However, while extant sources do not permit to categorize the Platonic Academy as a formal school or advanced institution with regular meetings, there are some facts that can be documented: In 1463 Cosimo de Medici gave Ficino a small property in Careggi with a domicile <ref>Ficino, Marsilio. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ficino/ Accessed on 4/1/23</ref> where Ficino brought together the greatest thinkers, artists and leaders of Florence and helped them shape, build and bring into reality in their own field his fundamental ideals. Thus, the Academy was most likely a spiritual community bound together by a common bond of love to each other and to Ficino. <ref>Cacioppe, Ron. <i>Marsilio Ficino: Magnus of the Renaissance, Shaper of Leaders</i>. Integral Leadeership Review. http://integralleadershipreview.com/5397-feature-article-marsilio-ficino-magnus-of-the-renaissance-shaper-of-leaders/ Accessed on 4/5/23</ref>And even though the group was never formally organized, its members considered themselves a re-creation of the Academy hat had been formed by Plato in Athens. <ref>Platonic Academy. Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Platonic-Academy. Accessed on 4/6/22</ref>		The precise nature of Florence’s Academy remains unclear today. <ref>Marsilio Ficino. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://iep.utm.edu/ficino/ Accessed on 3/28/23</ref> However, while extant sources do not permit to categorize the Platonic Academy as a formal school or advanced institution with regular meetings, there are some facts that can be documented: In 1463 Cosimo de Medici gave Ficino a small property in Careggi with a domicile <ref>Ficino, Marsilio. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ficino/ Accessed on 4/1/23</ref> where Ficino brought together the greatest thinkers, artists and leaders of Florence and helped them shape, build and bring into reality in their own field his fundamental ideals. Thus, the Academy was most likely a spiritual community bound together by a common bond of love to each other and to Ficino. <ref>Cacioppe, Ron. <i>Marsilio Ficino: Magnus of the Renaissance, Shaper of Leaders</i>. Integral Leadeership Review. http://integralleadershipreview.com/5397-feature-article-marsilio-ficino-magnus-of-the-renaissance-shaper-of-leaders/ Accessed on 4/5/23</ref>And even though the group was never formally organized, its members considered themselves a re-creation of the Academy hat had been formed by Plato in Athens. <ref>Platonic Academy. Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Platonic-Academy. Accessed on 4/6/22</ref>

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	The precise nature of Florence’s Academy remains unclear today. <ref>Marsilio Ficino. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://iep.utm.edu/ficino/ Accessed on 3/28/23</ref> However, while extant sources do not permit to categorize the Platonic Academy as a formal school or advanced institution with regular meetings, there are some facts that can be documented: In 1463 Cosimo de Medici gave Ficino a small property in Careggi with a domicile <ref>Ficino, Marsilio. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ficino/ Accessed on 4/1/23</ref> where Ficino brought together the greatest thinkers, artists and leaders of Florence and helped them shape, build and bring into reality in their own field his fundamental ideals. Thus, the Academy was most likely a spiritual community bound together by a common bond of love to each other and to Ficino. <ref>Cacioppe, Ron. <i>Marsilio Ficino: Magnus of the Renaissance, Shaper of Leaders</i>. Integral Leadeership Review. http://integralleadershipreview.com/5397-feature-article-marsilio-ficino-magnus-of-the-renaissance-shaper-of-leaders/ Accessed on 4/5/23</ref>And even though the group was never formally organized, its members considered themselves a re-creation of the Academy hat had been formed by Plato in Athens. <ref>Platonic Academy. Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Platonic-Academy. Accessed on 4/6/22</ref>		The precise nature of Florence’s Academy remains unclear today. <ref>Marsilio Ficino. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://iep.utm.edu/ficino/ Accessed on 3/28/23</ref> However, while extant sources do not permit to categorize the Platonic Academy as a formal school or advanced institution with regular meetings, there are some facts that can be documented: In 1463 Cosimo de Medici gave Ficino a small property in Careggi with a domicile <ref>Ficino, Marsilio. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ficino/ Accessed on 4/1/23</ref> where Ficino brought together the greatest thinkers, artists and leaders of Florence and helped them shape, build and bring into reality in their own field his fundamental ideals. Thus, the Academy was most likely a spiritual community bound together by a common bond of love to each other and to Ficino. <ref>Cacioppe, Ron. <i>Marsilio Ficino: Magnus of the Renaissance, Shaper of Leaders</i>. Integral Leadeership Review. http://integralleadershipreview.com/5397-feature-article-marsilio-ficino-magnus-of-the-renaissance-shaper-of-leaders/ Accessed on 4/5/23</ref>And even though the group was never formally organized, its members considered themselves a re-creation of the Academy hat had been formed by Plato in Athens. <ref>Platonic Academy. Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Platonic-Academy. Accessed on 4/6/22</ref>

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	The precise nature of Florence’s Academy remains unclear today. <ref>Marsilio Ficino. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://iep.utm.edu/ficino/ Accessed on 3/28/23</ref> However, while extant sources do not permit to categorize the Platonic Academy as a formal school or advanced institution with regular meetings, there are some facts that can be documented: In 1463 Cosimo de Medici gave Ficino a small property in Careggi with a domicile <ref>Ficino, Marsilio. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ficino/ Accessed on 4/1/23</ref> where Ficino brought together the greatest thinkers, artists and leaders of Florence and helped them shape, build and bring into reality in their own field his fundamental ideals. Thus, the Academy was most likely a spiritual community bound together by a common bond of love to each other and to Ficino. <ref>Cacioppe, Ron. <i>Marsilio Ficino: Magnus of the Renaissance, Shaper of Leaders</i>. Integral Leadeership Review. http://integralleadershipreview.com/5397-feature-article-marsilio-ficino-magnus-of-the-renaissance-shaper-of-leaders/ Accessed on 4/5/23</ref>And even though the group was never formally organized, its members considered themselves a re-creation of the Academy hat had been formed by Plato in Athens. <ref>Platonic Academy. Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Platonic-Academy. Accessed on 4/6/22</ref>		The precise nature of Florence’s Academy remains unclear today. <ref>Marsilio Ficino. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://iep.utm.edu/ficino/ Accessed on 3/28/23</ref> However, while extant sources do not permit to categorize the Platonic Academy as a formal school or advanced institution with regular meetings, there are some facts that can be documented: In 1463 Cosimo de Medici gave Ficino a small property in Careggi with a domicile <ref>Ficino, Marsilio. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ficino/ Accessed on 4/1/23</ref> where Ficino brought together the greatest thinkers, artists and leaders of Florence and helped them shape, build and bring into reality in their own field his fundamental ideals. Thus, the Academy was most likely a spiritual community bound together by a common bond of love to each other and to Ficino. <ref>Cacioppe, Ron. <i>Marsilio Ficino: Magnus of the Renaissance, Shaper of Leaders</i>. Integral Leadeership Review. http://integralleadershipreview.com/5397-feature-article-marsilio-ficino-magnus-of-the-renaissance-shaper-of-leaders/ Accessed on 4/5/23</ref>And even though the group was never formally organized, its members considered themselves a re-creation of the Academy hat had been formed by Plato in Athens. <ref>Platonic Academy. Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Platonic-Academy. Accessed on 4/6/22</ref>