Influences Quotes

“3. Plato, Timaeus 56c–57c. Plato’s devotion to mathematics is well-known, and this influence on Ficino is discussed below. Lindberg points out that, for Plato, “the cosmos is essentially mathematical.” Plato considered, “not that the elements have triangular shapes, but that the elements ultimately are triangular shapes.” The transformation of the elements is “the dissolution and recombination of triangles.” For Plato, “‘mathematical objects are closer to the Forms than physical [objects are]”
― Mary Quinlan-McGrath, Influences: Art, Optics, and Astrology in the Italian Renaissance

“For Aristotle, it was the role of the Sun to bring about the fusion of the Forms with Matter.51”
― Mary Quinlan-McGrath, Influences: Art, Optics, and Astrology in the Italian Renaissance