Florence De Marcel Dubé

posed no threat to Christian belief. Neoplatonism But the Italians had not only furnished a set of scholarly techniques: they had also opened new intellectual horizons. Lessons were drawn from the commentaries of Plato and Plotinus undertaken in Florence by Marsilio Ficino (1433–99), which affirmed the power of human will and asserted the primacy of love over reason. Ficino’s synthesis of Platonism and Christianity was first transmitted in Latin by Fichet and in French notably by Symphorien Champier

Professeurs Mathieu Detchessahar, Alain Roger, Jean-Michel Plane, Loïck Roche et Zahïr Yanat, qui ont accepté de prendre part au jury de soutenance et de porter un regard sur ce travail. Merci également à Laure France, Joseph Heili, Gabriel Guallino, Florence Tourancheau, Pierre-Laurent Félix, collègues de l’ESC Chambéry pour leurs remarques constructives et leur soutien, Hélène Michel et Jean-Mathias Heraud pour l’espace et le temps qu’ils m’ont permis de consacrer à ce travail, merci à Catherine Girardin