Gemistus Pletho
Philosopher, Deceased Person
1355 – 1452
Who was Gemistus Pletho?
Georgius Gemistus — later called Plethon or Pletho — was a Greek scholar of Neoplatonic philosophy. He was one of the chief pioneers of the revival of Greek learning in Western Europe. In the dying years of the Byzantine Empire, he advocated a return to the Olympian gods of the ancient world.
He re-introduced Plato's thoughts to Western Europe during the 1438 - 1439 Council of Florence, a failed attempt to reconcile the East-West schism. Here Pletho met and influenced Cosimo de' Medici to found a new Platonic Academy, which, under Marsilio Ficino, would proceed to translate into Latin all Plato's works, the Enneads of Plotinus, and various other Neoplatonist works.
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- Born
- 1355
Constantinople - Also known as
- Georgius Gemistus Plethon
- Profession
- Died
- Jun 26, 1452
Mystras
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on July 23, 2013
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