Cosimo de’ Medici

Marsilio Ficino and Florentine Neoplatonism

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The Renaissance is one of the brightest periods in Western history, a transition from the medieval harsh darkness to classical clarity and elegance. In our time, many thinkers contemplate the coming of a new Middle Ages; the thought of the Renaissance clearly indicates how far we are from it. This era of brilliance in the … Read more

Francis Bacon – On Enlightenment

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Francis Bacon – On Revenge Revenge is a kind of wild justice, and the more human nature strives for it, the more the law needs to eradicate it. Because as far as the first injustice committed is concerned, it only offends the law; but revenge on that injustice renders the law obsolete. Indeed, the one … Read more