1. Concept and problem
“We must not assess the teaching of Plato on the basis of Plotinus or Marsilio Ficino: by constantly seizing on the marvellous and mystical, they have corrupted his basic teaching” (see [3. 342]). Writing in the late 17th century, Leibniz thus characterized the schemes of early modern Platonizing philosophers like Marsilio Ficino in the 15th century…