 In many multi-part or multi-volume presentations, Medieval Philosophy is followed by Renaissance Philosophy and then by (Early) Modern Philosophy, beginning with Descartes. “Renaissance philosophers” are identified as usually working outside the universities; many of them enthusiasts for Plato and other ancient philosophers, as well as, or instead of, Aristotle; many eager to write elegant classical Latin and to learn Greek, and to use literary forms such as the dialogue. There was indeed a group of such philosophers, but they do not fit into a chronology that places Renaissance Philosophy after Medieval Philosophy: the most famous of them are Marsilio Ficino and Pico della Mirandola  (§2.8),  neither of whom survived until  1500.[41]