Athens and late Republican Augustan Rome. ... It was in the works of the humanist antiquarian Leonardo Bruni (c. 1370 "1444) that formality established the framework for a republican belief system. ... The works of Plato were particularly compelling, and a ring of Neoplatonic researchers headed by Marsilio Ficino (1433 "1499) looked to circuit Christian thought with Platonic philosophy. ...

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