Gracious Laughter: Marsilio Ficino's Anthropology.

From: Renaissance Quarterly | Date: September 22, 1999| Author: O'Rourke Boyle, Marjorie | Copyright information

Marsilio Ficino felt that ideal masculine appearance reflected character. More than Plato, Ficino emphasized the emotional part of human character, especially the expression of joy in laughter.

A significant alteration in the canon of beauty distinguished the thought of Marsilio Ficino. Not only did it contradict Platonist philosophy but also it confronted Christian custom. That detail was gracious laughter. In a letter circa 1480 "to my friends" Ficino inserted into the rhetori...

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