@inbook{f5d787f0a2994f5f8fb393ca78db48ee,
title = "Drinking nectar: the civic benefits of philosophical ecstasy from Plato to Ficino",
abstract = "This paper examines the intellectual pedigree of the Quattrocento debate about the civic benefits of philosophical ecstasy. While rekindled in Florence in the context of the De Medici{\textquoteright}s ascent to power, which was eagerly championed by Marsilio Ficino yet staunchly opposed by Girolamo Savonarola, it was first staged in Plato{\textquoteright}s dialogues and further developed by later Platonists. ",
author = "Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides",
year = "2026",
language = "English",
series = "ISNS Collection Series",
publisher = "Prometheus Trust Press",
booktitle = "ISNS Collection Series",
}