Quotes by Marsilio Ficino

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Everything is in itself either a cause, directed towards us, or an effect, proceeding from us.

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When we talk about love, it must be understood as the desire for beauty, because this is the definition of love for all philosophers.

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Beauty is of three kinds: of souls, of bodies, and of voices. The beauty of souls can be understood, with the mind, that of bodies, with sight, that of voices, with hearing.

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Love is the desire to delight in beauty. And beauty is a kind of radiance that attracts the human soul.

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The thought must be directed to the uncontained.

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All the power of magic lies in love.