Commentary on Plato's Symposium on Love
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Commentary on Plato's Symposium on Love is Marsilio Ficino’s influential Renaissance philosophical work that interprets and Christianizes Plato’s ideas on love and beauty.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Commentary on Plato's Symposium on Love canonical | 2 |
| Commentarium in Convivium Platonis de Amore | 1 |
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Target entity: Commentary on Plato's Symposium on Love Context triple: [Marsilio Ficino, notableWork, Commentary on Plato's Symposium on Love]
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Plato's Symposium
Plato's Symposium is a classical Greek philosophical dialogue that explores the nature of love (eros) through a series of speeches at a drinking party, culminating in Socrates’ account of Diotima’s ladder of love.
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Eros and Civilization
Eros and Civilization is a 1955 philosophical work by Herbert Marcuse that blends Marxist and Freudian ideas to critique modern industrial society and imagine a non-repressive, liberated future.
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Homilies on the Song of Songs
Homilies on the Song of Songs is a series of mystical and allegorical sermons by Gregory of Nyssa that interpret the biblical Song of Songs as a spiritual journey of the soul toward union with God.
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Contemplation to Attain Love
Contemplation to Attain Love is a concluding meditation in Ignatius of Loyola’s Spiritual Exercises that invites the practitioner to recognize and respond to God’s loving presence in all things.
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Commentaries on Aristotle
Commentaries on Aristotle are a series of influential medieval philosophical and theological works in which St. Thomas Aquinas analyzes and interprets Aristotle’s writings, integrating them with Christian thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Commentary on Plato's Symposium on Love Target entity description: Commentary on Plato's Symposium on Love is Marsilio Ficino’s influential Renaissance philosophical work that interprets and Christianizes Plato’s ideas on love and beauty.
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A.
Plato's Symposium
Plato's Symposium is a classical Greek philosophical dialogue that explores the nature of love (eros) through a series of speeches at a drinking party, culminating in Socrates’ account of Diotima’s ladder of love.
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B.
Eros and Civilization
Eros and Civilization is a 1955 philosophical work by Herbert Marcuse that blends Marxist and Freudian ideas to critique modern industrial society and imagine a non-repressive, liberated future.
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C.
Homilies on the Song of Songs
Homilies on the Song of Songs is a series of mystical and allegorical sermons by Gregory of Nyssa that interpret the biblical Song of Songs as a spiritual journey of the soul toward union with God.
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D.
Contemplation to Attain Love
Contemplation to Attain Love is a concluding meditation in Ignatius of Loyola’s Spiritual Exercises that invites the practitioner to recognize and respond to God’s loving presence in all things.
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E.
Commentaries on Aristotle
Commentaries on Aristotle are a series of influential medieval philosophical and theological works in which St. Thomas Aquinas analyzes and interprets Aristotle’s writings, integrating them with Christian thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Renaissance text
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commentary ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ |
| aim |
to provide a Christian interpretation of Plato's Symposium
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to reconcile Plato's doctrine of love with Christian doctrine ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Florentine Platonic Academy
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linked to:
Platonic Academy of Florence
Medici court in Florence ⓘ |
| author | Marsilio Ficino ⓘ |
| basedOn | Plato's Symposium ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| genre |
commentary literature
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philosophy ⓘ theological treatise ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
important link between classical Platonism and Christian thought
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major source for the Renaissance idea of Platonic love ⓘ |
| influenced |
European literary treatments of love
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Renaissance humanism ⓘ Renaissance philosophy of love ⓘ early modern conceptions of Platonic love ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Augustine of Hippo
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Christian theology ⓘ Plato ⓘ Plotinus ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
ladder of love
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spiritualization of erotic desire ⓘ vision of God through beauty ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Christian theology
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Platonism ⓘ beauty ⓘ love ⓘ |
| movement |
Christian Neoplatonism
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linked to:
Christian Platonism
Renaissance Platonism ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
Christianization of Platonic love
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ascent of the soul through beauty ⓘ connection between earthly beauty and divine beauty ⓘ hierarchy of loves ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Commentarium in Convivium Platonis de Amore
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linked to:
Commentary on Plato's Symposium on Love
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| philosophicalTradition |
Christian Platonism
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Neoplatonism ⓘ |
| structure | series of speeches or orations on love ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 15th century ⓘ |
| title | Commentary on Plato's Symposium on Love ⓘ |
| topic |
ascent from sensible to intelligible realities
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metaphysics of beauty ⓘ psychology of desire ⓘ relationship between human and divine love ⓘ |
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Commentary on Plato's Symposium on Love
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Commentarium in Convivium Platonis de Amore
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linked to: Commentary on Plato's Symposium on Love