Gemistos Plethon

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Byzantine philosopher Platonist philosopher political thinker religious reformer scholar

Gemistos Plethon was a late Byzantine philosopher and scholar whose revival of ancient Greek pagan and Platonic thought significantly influenced the Italian Renaissance.

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instanceOf Byzantine philosopher ⓘ
Platonist philosopher ⓘ
political thinker ⓘ
religious reformer ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
alsoKnownAs George Gemistos Plethon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Georgios Gemistos Plethon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Plethon NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthName Georgios Gemistos NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfBirth c. 1355 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1452 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Greek ⓘ
fieldOfWork jurisprudence ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
religious thought ⓘ
influenced Cosimo de' Medici NERFINISHED ⓘ
Florentine Platonic Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Italian Renaissance Platonism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marsilio Ficino NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy Plato ⓘ
ancient Greek philosophers ⓘ
pagan Hellenic traditions ⓘ
knownFor critique of Aristotelianism ⓘ
influence on the Italian Renaissance ⓘ
revival of Platonic philosophy in the late Byzantine world ⓘ
revival of ancient Greek pagan thought ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Greek ⓘ
mainInterest Plato NERFINISHED ⓘ
ancient Greek religion ⓘ
political reform ⓘ
movement Neoplatonism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Platonism ⓘ
notableWork De Differentiis Platonis et Aristotelis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nomoi NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation jurist ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
opposedTo Aristotelian philosophy NERFINISHED ⓘ
participantIn Byzantine delegation to Italy (1438–1439) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Council of Florence NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBirth Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Mistra NERFINISHED ⓘ
proposed reform of the Peloponnese under a centralized monarchy ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodoxy (early life) ⓘ
Hellenic paganism (advocated) ⓘ
residence Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mistra NERFINISHED ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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