The renaissance: its art and life; Florence (1450-1550) (1908)
Brinton, Selwyn, 1859-1940 · Paris, New York [etc.] Goupil & Co. · leaf 290
quite escape. He him-self wrote a work—the Dc Vita ccelitus comparanda — on the influenceof the stars, and the occult virtues of precious stones, such as the agateand topaz : but far more in his new philosophy he sought to harmonizewith Christian doctrine these recovered philosophies of the antique… … FRA GIROLAMO SAVONAROLA. 125 of Platonic thought, was born in 1433, and had already had some train-ing in medicine. He was by nature fitted for this special post as hiero-phant of a new theosophy. His health was delicate, his sensibilitiesacute ; the temper of his intellect, inclined to mysticism…
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