Gemistos Plethon

thumb| 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. Quotes Ἐσμὲν γὰρ οὖν... Ἕλληνες τὸ γένος, ὡς ἥ τε φωνὴ καὶ ἡ πάτριος παιδεία μαρτυρεῖ. We are Hellenes by race and culture. Steven Runciman, The Great Church in Captivity (Cambridge UP, 1968) p. 122. Dieter Reinsch, "Η θεώρηση της πολιτικής και πολιτιστικής φυσιογνωμίας των Ελλήνων στους ιστορικούς της Άλωσης", in Études Balkaniques, Vol. 6: Byzance et l'hellénisme: l'identité grecque au Moyen Âge (Association Pierre Belon, 1999) p. 74 Book of Laws Virtue itself does not have the same characteristics for all; we see good and evil change according to opinions and usages. Book 1, Chapter 1, as translated by John Opsopaus, Ph.D. Come to us, O gods of learning [θεοὶ λόγιοι], whoever you may be, in whatever number you may be, you who preside over science [ἐπιστήμας] and the truth, who distribute them to whomever you please, according to the decrees of the almighty father of all things, King Zeus. Ἄγετε δή, ὦ θεοὶ λόγιοι, οἵτινές τε καὶ ὅσοι ἐστὲ, οἳ ἐπιστήμας τε καὶ δόξας ἀληθεῖς ἐπιτροπεύετε, νέμετὲ τε οἷςπερ ἂν ἐθέλητε κατὰ τοῦ μεγάλου πατρὸς τῶν τε πάντων βασιλέως Διὸς βουλάς. Book 1, Chapter 4: Prayer to the Gods of Learning, as translated by John Opsopaus, Ph.D. See also Pages that link to this entry External links Plethon Category:1450s deaths Category:Philosophers from Greece Category:Historians from Greece Category:Theologians from Greece Category:Humanists Category:Paganists