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PHILOSOPHER

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 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Gemistus Pletho is the 320th most popular philosopher (down from 266th in 2019), the 309th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 255th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Turkish 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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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Gemistus Pletho ranks 320 out of 1,081Before him are Alfred Schütz, Thrasymachus, Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, Aenesidemus, Heraclides Ponticus, and Jean-Luc Nancy. After him are Alexandre Koyré, David Strauss, Moritz Schlick, Henri Lefebvre, Mazdak, and Ramanuja.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Gemistus Pletho ranks 309 out of 1,301Before him are Ptolemy Philadelphus (-36), Alexander Ypsilantis (1792), Thrasymachus (-459), Nebahat Çehre (1944), Heraclides Ponticus (-385), and Lydia of Thyatira (100). After him are Candaules (-800), Erasmus of Formia (300), Attalus III (-170), Libanius (314), Zosimus (460), and Fritigern (400).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Turkey

Among philosophers born in Turkey, Gemistus Pletho ranks 24Before him are Xenocrates (-396), Alexander of Aphrodisias (200), Priscus (410), Cleanthes (-330), Thrasymachus (-459), and Heraclides Ponticus (-385). After him are Strato of Lampsacus (-335), Gennadius Scholarius (1400), Eubulides (-500), Nicephorus Gregoras (1295), George Pachymeres (1242), and Themistius (317).