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Gemistus Pletho

1355 - 1452

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Georgios Gemistos Plethon (Greek: Γεώργιος Γεμιστὸς Πλήθων; Latin: Georgius Gemistus Pletho c. 1355/1360 – 1452/1454), commonly known as Gemistos Plethon, was a Greek scholar and one of the most renowned philosophers of the late Byzantine era. He was a chief pioneer of the revival of Greek scholarship in Western Europe. As revealed in his last literary work, the Nomoi or Book of Laws, which he circulated only among close friends, he rejected Christianity in favour of a return to the worship of the classical Hellenic gods, mixed with ancient wisdom based on Zoroaster and the Magi.In 1438–1439 he reintroduced Plato's ideas to Western Europe during the Council of Florence, in a failed attempt to reconcile the East–West schism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gemistus Pletho has received more than 244,310 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Gemistus Pletho is the 316th most popular philosopher (up from 320th in 2019), the 263rd most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 308th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Philosopher.

Gemistus Pletho was a Byzantine philosopher who promoted the idea of a return to paganism. He was also a teacher of emperor Manuel II Palaeologus.

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Over the past year Gemistus Pletho has had the most page views in the with 15,030 views, followed by Greek (14,912), and Russian (10,922). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Pashto (475.44%), Basque (34.15%), and Chinese (29.90%)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Gemistus Pletho ranks 316 out of 1,267. Before him are Félix Guattari, Carl Gustav Hempel, Rudolf Bultmann, Ram Mohan Roy, Nicolai Hartmann, and Jacobus Arminius. After him are Judith Butler, Alfred Schütz, Julius Caesar Scaliger, Alfred Tarski, Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, and Rudolf Otto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1355, Gemistus Pletho ranks 2. Before him is Mircea I of Wallachia. After him are Gülçiçek Hatun, Konstantin Dejanović, Manuel Chrysoloras, Melchior Broederlam, Konrad von Jungingen, Dorothea of Bulgaria, Theodore I Palaiologos, Isabella of Castile, Duchess of York, Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester. Among people deceased in 1452, Gemistus Pletho ranks 2. Before him is Munjong of Joseon. After him are Ciriaco de' Pizzicolli, and Švitrigaila.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Gemistus Pletho ranks 263 out of 1,347. Before him are Philo of Byzantium (-280), Andronikos IV Palaiologos (1348), Necmettin Erbakan (1926), Nebahat Çehre (1944), Yaqut al-Hamawi (1179), and Said Nursî (1877). After him are Isidore of Miletus (442), Alexander Ypsilantis (1792), Thomas Palaiologos (1409), Pancras of Rome (289), Lydia of Thyatira (100), and Köprülüzade Fazıl Ahmed Pasha (1635).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Türkiye

Among philosophers born in Türkiye, Gemistus Pletho ranks 23. Before him are Xenocrates (-396), Cleanthes (-330), Michael Psellos (1018), Heraclides Ponticus (-385), Priscus (410), and Alexander of Aphrodisias (200). After him are Thrasymachus (-459), Strato of Lampsacus (-335), Nicephorus Gregoras (1295), Gennadius Scholarius (1400), Eubulides (-500), and George Pachymeres (1242).

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