This book reveals the influence of a long line of teachers, including Hermes Tristmegistus, Pythagoras, Plato, Plotinus, and especially the Florentine scholar and mystic Marsilio Ficino on Shakespeare and how the Neoplatonic philosophy of love shaped the inner meaning of his work. Author Jill Line shows how Shakespeare’s plays mirror the progress of the soul, in diverse conditions and situations, as it returns to the divine unity of all things.
