Leon was surrounded by humanists interested in the topic of Love. The Chancellor of Florence, Marsilio Ficino commented on Plato’s "Symposium" (1474–75), while Girolamo Benivieni composed his "Canzone d’amore" (1486), which Pico della Mirandola analyzed soon after. Equicola’s "Libro della natura d’amore" (1495), Pietro Bembo’s "Asolani" and Francesco Cattani da Diacceto’s "De amore" were published while Judah was writing. Abravanel’s "Dialoghi" is regarded as the finest of these works. Menéndez Pelayo describes it as the most monumental work of Platonic philosophy since Plotinus's "Enneads".