Paul Oskar Kristeller, 1937

Biography

Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University from 1939 until retirement in 1979, Kristeller was the jumpstart for a whole generation of Renaissance scholars.

Annnotated Bibliography

The Philosphy of Marsilio Ficino, 1937.
Masterful analysis of Ficino's Theologia Platonica, and among the first to appreciate Ficino's originality.

Renaissance Thought and its Sources, 1979.
Summing up a lifetime of scholarship in 14 essays.
Revd by Ralph H Abraham, 21 Nov 2000