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The Platonic Academy of Florence has been the subject of many more or less far-fetched interpretations that has created around it an atmosphere of esoteric mystery. The aim of this entry is to give an accurate evaluation of what modern research has succeeded to ascertain about this cultural institution which is frequently invoked by renaissance arts scholars as well as historians of philosophy and religious beliefs (Robb 1969; Field 1988).
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La Brasca, F. (2022). Academy, Platonic. In: Sgarbi, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14169-5_87
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