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Georgius Gemistus Plethon

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(c.1355–1452), scholar. From the beginning of the 15th cent. he lived in Mistra in the Peloponnese. He had a great veneration for the teaching of Plato, and when, in 1438–9, he ...

Gemistus Plethon, Georgius

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (3 ed.)

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... Plethon, Georgius ( c. 1355–1452 ), scholar . From the beginning of the 15th cent. he lived in Mistra in the Peloponnese. He had a great veneration for the teaching of Plato , and when, in 1438–9 , he attended the Council of Florence as one of the E. spokesmen, he was welcomed by some of the Italian humanists. His ‘Laws’ was modelled on that of Plato. He also wrote in defence of the E. doctrine of the Procession of the Holy Spirit...

Gemistus Plethon, Georgius

Gemistus Plethon, Georgius (1355–1452)   Reference library

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The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (4 ed.)

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... Plethon, Georgius ( c . 1355–1452 ) Renaissance scholar . A native of Constantinople , from the beginning of the 15th cent. he lived in Mistra in the Peloponnese, being counsellor to the Byzantine emperors and despotes of Morea. He conceived a great veneration for the doctrines of Plato , and exchanged his original name for that of ‘Plethon’, apparently through its similar sound with that of his master. In 1438–9, when he attended the Council of Florence , he was welcomed with enthusiasm by some of the Italian humanists, notably Cosimo de’...

Georgius Gemistus Plethon

Georgius Gemistus Plethon  

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(c.1355–1452), scholar. From the beginning of the 15th cent. he lived in Mistra in the Peloponnese. He had a great veneration for the teaching of Plato, and when, in 1438–9, he attended the Council ...
George Scholarius

George Scholarius  

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(c.1405–c.1472), Patr. of Constantinople. At the Council of Florence in 1439 he supported the scheme for reunion, but later he opposed all such projects. He became a monk c.1450, taking the name of ...
George Gemistos Pletho

George Gemistos Pletho  

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(c.1360–1452),Byzantine Neoplatonic philosopher. The first 50 years of his long life are not well documented. His detractor Gennadios II Scholarios, who is a suspect but possibly accurate source, ...
Bessarion

Bessarion  

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(1399/1400–1472)Born at Trebizond of a modest family, the young Bessarion was noticed by Metropolitan Dositheus, who took him with him to Constantinople in c.1415. There he studied Rhetoric and ...
Marsilio Ficino

Marsilio Ficino  

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(1433–99),Italian humanist and philosopher, whose Neoplatonic views influenced Reuchlin and Colet and were an inspiration to many English poets, including Sidney and Milton.
Pletho, Georgius Gemistus

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The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages

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...Georgius Gemistus ( c .1360–1452 ) Last of the great Byzantine Platonists and leading intellectual of the Mistra circle. Professing neo- *paganism , he expressed pride in Hellenic identity. His contacts and writings supposedly inspired the Platonic revival in Renaissance *Florence . See also ficino, marsilio ; neoplatonism ; philosophy, byzantine . John W. Barker F. Masai , Pléthon et le platonisme de Mistra (1956). Proceedings of the International Congress on Plethon and his Time (2003). C. M. Woodhouse , George Gemistos Plethon: The Last of...

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