Radical platonism in Byzantium: illumination and utopia in Gemistos Plethon

"Byzantium has recently attracted much attention, but principally among cultural, social and economic historians. This book shifts the focus to intellectual history, exploring the thoughts of visionary reformer Gemistos Plethon (c.1355-1452). It argues that Plethon brought to their fulfilment l...

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Main Author: Siniossoglou, Niketas (Author)
Contributors: Georgius, Pletho 1360-1452 (Other)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge [u.a.] Cambridge University Press 2011
In:Year: 2011
Edition:1. publ.
Series/Journal:Cambridge classical studies
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Georgius, Pletho 1360-1452 / Byzantine Empire / Platonism / History of ideas
Further subjects:B Gemistus Plethon, George (active 15th century)
B Gemistus Plethon, George (active 15th century) Nomōn syngraphēs ta sōzomena
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505 8 0 |a Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Plethon and the notion of Paganism; Part I. Lost Rings of the Platonist Golden Chain: 1. Underground Platonism in Byzantium; 2. The rise of the Byzantine Illuminati; 3. The Plethon affair; Part II. The Elements of Pagan Platonism: 4. Epistemic optimism; 5. Pagan ontology; 6. Symbolic theology: the mythologising of Platonic ontology; Part III. Mistra versus Athos: 7. Intellectual and spiritual utopias; Part IV. The Path of Ulysses and the Path of Abraham: 8. Conclusion; Epilogue: 'Spinozism before Spinoza', or the pagan roots of modernity. 
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