The abstractionist and the materialist thus mutually exasperating each other, and the scoffer expressing the worst of materialism, there arises a third party to occupy the middle ground between these two, the skeptic, namely. He finds both wrong by being in extremes. He labors to plant his feet, to be the beam of the balance.
Marsilio FicinoWho can wonder at the attractiveness... of the bar, for our ambitious young men, when the highest bribes of society are at the feet of the successful orator?
Marsilio FicinoBooks that distribute things... with as daring a freedom as we use in dreams, put us on our feet again.
Marsilio FicinoLaw it is . . . which hears without ears, sees without eyes, moves without feet and seizes without hands.
Marsilio Ficino