Pletho — Pletho, Georgius Gemistos, nach gewöhnlicher Annahme geb. in Constantinopel, lebte in seiner Jugend in Adrianopel bei dem jüdischen Gelehrten Elifsäus u. dann im Peloponnes, namentlich in Mistra, wo er eine Art Schule hielt u. an verschiedenen… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
plétho- — ❖ ♦ Élément de mots didactiques, du grec plêthos « grande quantité » … Encyclopédie Universelle
Pletho — (common name, Georgios Gemistos, ca. 1355 1452) a Byzantine philosopher and teacher who did much to promote the in fluence of Plato and the ancient Neoplatonists among both Greeks and Latins. He deplored the dominance of Aristotle in Western… … Historical Dictionary of Renaissance
pletho — r (G). Full, fullness; in excess … Dictionary of word roots and combining forms
Gemistus Pletho — Georgius Gemistos (or Plethon, Pletho), in Greek Γεώργιος Πλήθων Γεμιστός, (c. 1355 – 1452or 1454 ) was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher and scholar, one of the chief pioneers of the revival of Greek learning in Western Europe. Biography He was a … Wikipedia
ПЛИФОН Георгий Гемист — (Pletho, Georgius Gemistus) (ок. 1355 1450), византийский писатель и философ, знаток древнегреческой философии и защитник Платона, основавший школу в Мистре (Пелопоннес). По некоторым свидетельствам, Плифон взял себе это имя из за его созвучия с… … Энциклопедия Кольера
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Ogdoadic Tradition — The Ogdoadic Tradition is an important esoteric current forming an influential part of the mainstream Western Mystery Tradition. The term “Ogdoadic” implies “pertaining to the number eight”, which connotation denotes the essentially Hermetic… … Wikipedia
Patriarch Gennadios II of Constantinople — Gennadius II (in Greek Γεννάδιος Β ) (lay name Georgios Kourtesios Scholarios, in Greek Γεώργιος Κουρτέσιος Σχολάριος) (c. 1400 ndash; c. 1473), Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1454 to 1464, philosopher and theologian, was one of the… … Wikipedia
Johannes Bessarion — Johannes Bessarion † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Johannes Bessarion (Or BASILIUS). Cardinal; b. at Trebizond, 1389, or according to others, 1395, but most probably in 1403; d. at Ravenna 18 November, 1472. Some claim illustrious… … Catholic encyclopedia