On the Mysteries

Name: De Voluptate (On Pleasure)
Author: Ficino

De Voluptate (On Pleasure)

Latin

Marsilio Ficino c. 1457-1458 · published 1497

40 pages

Renaissance Philosophy Classical Philosophy Shwep Mysticism Magic Sympathy Of All Things Neoplatonism Florentine Neoplatonism

First from Latin

English translations of this work exist from another source language, but this specific text has never been translated.

The work in question is Iamblichus's 'De mysteriis Aegyptiorum' as translated into Latin by Marsilio Ficino and published in 1497. While the original Greek text of Iamblichus has been translated into English multiple times (e.g., by Thomas Taylor in 1821 and by Clarke, Dillon, and Hershbell in 2003), there is no evidence of an English translation of Ficino's specific Latin version. Therefore, this is a first translation from the Latin source.

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Unlock the Renaissance secrets to the human heart in Marsilio Ficino’s profound exploration of what it means to feel. From 'beastly' cravings to the 'divine madness' of the mind, Ficino reconciles the world's greatest philosophers to reveal why joy is the ultimate end of every human action.