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Marsilio Ficino, in chapter 4 of his De Christiana Religione, argues that God does not reject all forms of human worship, even those performed by other religions. Rather, God approves of man’s worship of him and he does not punish every form of false worship equally. Though all forms of religious worship derive, in some […]
In the second chapter of his De Christiana Religione Ficino continues his argument from the first chapter that religion cannot be vain or useless. In this chapter he argues, among other points, that the soul’s yearning for God must come from God since (a) the divine light cannot be known apart from the divine light […]
In the first chapter of his De Christiana Religione, Ficino uses various arguments to prove that the worship of God is what sets man apart from the other animals. Worth noting here, again, is the fact that Ficino does not appeal to any Medieval authorities to make his claims. Also interesting is Ficino’s appeal to […]