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	Gemistus - LoveToKnow 1911
		He changed his name from Gemistus to the equivalent Pletho ("the full"), perhaps owing to the similarity of sound between that name and that of his master Plato.
		He invented a religious system founded on the speculative mysticism of the Neoplatonists, and founded a sect, the members of which believed that the new creed would supersede all existing forms of belief.
		(1886), chiefly on Pletho's scheme of political and social reform for the Peloponnese, as set forth in the pamphlets addressed to Manuel II.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Gemistus (390 words)

	Gemistus Pletho
		He invented a religious system founded on the speculative mysticism of the Neoplatonists, and founded a sect, the members of which believed that the newcreed would supersede all existing forms of belief.
		(1886), chiefly on Pletho's scheme of political and social reform for the Peloponnesus, as set forth in the pamphlets addressed to Manuel II Palaeologus and his son Theodore, despot of the Morea; W Gass, Gennadius und Pletho (1844).
		Most of Pletho's works will be found in JP Migne, Patrologia Graeca, clx.; for a complete list see Fabricius, Bibliotheca Graeca (ed.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ge/Gemistus_Pletho.html (395 words)

	Reference (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Although Pletho does not in his surviving works quote any Orpbica, his religious ideas and interpretation of Plato were largely founded on the prisca theologia, particularly the Oracula Chaldaica, (1) and he wrote out a copy of fourteen of the Orphic Hymns.
		Pletho died in 1452, and the only time he was in Italy was for the Council of Florence in 1438-9; most of his Nomoi was burnt and none of it was printed.
		Pletho was, at least in what we now have of the Nomoi, an overtly anti-Christian writer, (19) and philosophically he was a rigid determinist.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /~orpheus/pletho.htm (1258 words)

	Eugenio Garin on George Gemistus Pletho
		Pletho's position is important at the beginning of the 1440s, as it had such far-reaching consequences.
		Pletho was at the same time both a great thinker and a great reformer.
		What is most important in all this is that Pletho himself opened the way to a series of recoveries, however reductive, of great significance: from the praise of the Greek gods to the solar cult, from the "Chaldean Oracles" to Emperor Julian, from Zoroaster to the "Mysteries of the Egyptians" of Iam-blichus.
	www.idehist.uu.se /distans/ilmh/Ren/flor-pletho-garin.htm (399 words)

	Patriarch Gennadius II
		Georgios first appears conspicuously in history as present at the great council held in 1438 at Ferrara and Florence with the object of bringing about a union between the Greek and Latin Churches.
		At the, same council was present the celebrated Platonist, Gemistus Pletho, the most powerful opponent of the then dominant Aristotelianism, and consequently the special object of reprobation to Georgios.
		He was at a disadvantage because, being a layman, he could not directly take part in the discussions of the council.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ge/Gennadius_Scholarius.html (365 words)

	Great Theosophists
		It was in that atmosphere that the most serious participant at the Council, George Gemistus Pletho, the restorer of the cult of the pagan gods at Mistra, announced, whilst discussing with his Florentine friends, the imminent end of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, and the advent of the conversion of men to the religion of truth.
		It may be that it was Pletho's appearance at the Council of Florence in 1438 that awakened in the West an interest in this ritual practice.
		Pletho later formed a Neoplatonic community in Greece (Webb 1974) that espoused an individualistic religion uniting Neoplatonism, Christian mysticism, Sufism, and the Chaldean Oracles (Godwin 2002).
	www.luxlapis.co.za /at/pletho.htm (3959 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Gemistus Pletho
		Pletho died in Mistra in 1452, just before the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans.
		In 1466, some of his Italian disciples, headed by Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, stole his remains from Mistra and interred them in the Tempio Malatestiano in Rimini, "so that the great Teacher may be among free men".
		Most of Pletho's works can be found in J.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/George_Gemistos_Plethon (757 words)

	Renaissance Neo-Platonism
		In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the most active of these Neoplatonists was Gemistus Pletho.
		Pletho also introduced the Italians to the notion that the philosophical systems of Plato and Aristotle were in conflict with one another; a large part of European thought during the Renaissance would involve spelling out this conflict.
		It wasn't until the arrival of Byzantine philosophers, most importantly John Chrysolas and Pletho, that the Italians were really introduced to the entire corpus of Platonic works.
	www.wsu.edu:8080 /~dee/REN/NEOPLATO.HTM (2801 words)

	Johannes Bessarion
		In 1413, while still very young, he was sent to Constantinople, where he devoted himself to study, achieving great success in the field of letters.
		In 1423 he entered the Order of St. Basil and in the same year was sent to the Peloponnesus to study philosophy under Gemistus Pletho.
		It is known that Pletho was a bitter opponent of Aristotle, against whom he championed with immoderate zeal the doctrines of Plato, without, however, distinguishing between genuine platonism and neo-Platonism.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/b/bessarion,johannes.html (1628 words)

	Gennadius Scholarius - OrthodoxWiki
		Georgios first appears in history as a presence at the Council of Basel, held in 1438 in Ferrara and Florence with the object of bringing about a union between the Greek and Latin Churches.
		At the same council appeared the celebrated Platonist, Gemistus Pletho, the most powerful opponent of the then dominant Aristotelianism, and consequently an antagonist of Georgios.
		Georgios was at a disadvantage because, being a layman, he could not directly take part in the discussions of the council.
	orthodoxwiki.org /Gennadius_Scholarius (454 words)

	GEMISTUS PLETHO - Online Information article about GEMISTUS PLETHO
		GEMISTUS PLETHO - Online Information article about GEMISTUS PLETHO
		He changed his name from Gemistus to the See also:
		Most of Pletho's works will be found in J.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /GAG_GEO/GEMISTUS_PLETHO.html (561 words)

	"Shakespeare's Mystery Drama: The Tempest" by Michael Cosser
		And later on in the play when Stephano and Trinculo are chased away from Prospero's cell by the barking of dogs, a sound actually counterfeited by Ariel, Colin Still reads a further allusion to Mystery ritual.
		Gemistus Pletho's name had become well known by the time of Shakespeare, for he was a pioneer, like Ficino, in the new interest in the Classics, one of the architects of the revival of learning in western Europe.
		His treatises stressing the differences between the philosophies of Plato and Aristotle were widely read, as were his volumes of excerpts from Greek and Roman authors and his work on the Zoroastrian religion.
	www.theosophy-nw.org /theosnw/arts/ar-mcos2.htm (1812 words)

	Gemistus Pletho - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Georgius Gemistos (or Plethon, Pletho), in Greek Γεώργιος Πλήθων Γεμιστός, (c.
		Many of his other works still exist in manuscript form in various European libraries.
		Woodhouse, C.M., George Gemistus Plethon - The Last of the Hellenes (Oxford, 1986)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Plethon (762 words)

	Tarot University ArkLetters: Pointers to Esotericism in the Early Tarots
		“… Pletho, the restorer of the cult of the pagan gods at Mistra, announced, whilst discussing with his Florentine friends, the imminent end of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, and the advent of the conversion of men to the religion of truth.
		As it is well known, Pletho was thinking of the resurrection of the Hellenistic divinities, of the cult of Zeus, of Apollo, of the sun and of the stars.
		Reading about Pletho and the topics that he raised among the Italians during his visit leads into further explorations of the magical and esoteric interests of the times in which Tarot appeared.
	www.tarotarkletters.com /2005/11/esoteric_pointe.html (5253 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2005.10.43
		Accommodating pagan myths to Christian theology was not a particular concern of the last Platonist allegorist Brisson discusses in this chapter, Georgius Gemistus Pletho (died May 26, 1452).
		As a member of the eastern delegation to the Council of Florence, Pletho may have done more than the Council succeeded in doing to unite east and west philosophically and spiritually, if not ecclesiastically, through the veneration he inspired among Italian scholars.
		The myths themselves, however, were by no means dormant in the popular imagination: the chapter begins with the arresting image of Jupiter in the Campanile in Florence "wearing a monk's robe, holding a chalice in one hand and a cross in the other" (126).
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/2005/2005-10-43.html (2452 words)

	The Chaldæan Oracles of Zoroaster: Preface
		Taylor considers that some of these mystical utterances are the sources whence the sublime conceptions of Plato were formed, and large commentaries were written upon them by Porphyry, Iamblichus, Proclus, Pletho and Psellus.
		That men of such great learning and sagacity should have thought so highly of these Oracles, is a fact which in itself should commend them to our attention.
		This treatise contains the Latin of Patricius, and the Commentaries of Pletho and Psellus in English.
	www.sacred-texts.com /eso/coz/coz01.htm (582 words)

	Greek Literature - MSN Encarta
		In the 12th century Eustathius of Thessalonica wrote a commentary on the works of classical authors, including Hesiod, Pindar, and the Greek tragedians.
		Of importance among Byzantine philosophers was the highly original thinker Georgius Gemistus Pletho, who introduced Platonic philosophy to the Italian Renaissance.
		The Fourth Crusade, launched in 1204, carried with it a horde of Frankish invaders who established themselves in central and southern Greece with such titles as dukes of Athens or barons of Thebes (see Crusades).
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761579144_4/Greek_Literature.html (1049 words)

	15. Marsilio Ficino och den platonska akademin (Mikael Hörnqvist: Renässansen - mellan medeltid och ...
		Grekiskkunniga florentinare kunde nu på plats ta del av den bittra dispyt som rasade inom det ortodoxa lägret mellan platonskt influerade kyrkomän som George Gemistus Pletho och Theodore Gaza och den mer aristoteliskt orienterade George av Trebizond.
		Märkligaste av dessa långskäggiga herrar i mörka dräkter var förmodligen George Gemistus Pletho från Mistra (c 1355-1450/52).
		Enligt Plethos vision, som måste ha tett sig både förunderlig och skrämmande i florentinarnas ögon, skulle de antika grekiska gudarna och deras kult återuppstå inom kort.
	www.idehist.uu.se /distans/ilmh/Ren/flor15.htm (1174 words)

	AllRefer.com - Georgius Gemistus Pletho (Philosophy, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		AllRefer.com - Georgius Gemistus Pletho (Philosophy, Biography) - Encyclopedia
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		Georgius Gemistus Pletho[jOr´jus jimis´tus plE´thO] Pronunciation Key, c.1355–1452, Byzantine scholar and philosopher, b.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/G/Gemistus.html (182 words)

	GEMISTUS PLETHO - Article en ligne de l'information environ GEMISTUS PLETHO
		GEMISTUS PLETHO - Article en ligne de l'information environ GEMISTUS PLETHO
		Il a changé son nom entre de Gemistus en Pletho équivalent ("le plein"), peut-être dû à la similitude du See also:
		La plupart des travaux de Pletho seront trouvées en J.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /fr/GAG_GEO/GEMISTUS_PLETHO.html (807 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 1081 (v. 2) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		He was an intimate friend of Gemistus Pletho, and an adherent of the Platonic philosophy, two circumstances which, together with his own merits, caused him to be well received by Cardinal Bessarion in Italy.
		The friendship, however, did not last long, and poor Michael retired to Candia, where he got a livelihood by teaching children and copying MSS.
		The first is addressed to Gemistus, the others to Manuel Chrysolaras, Chal-cocondylas, Argyropulus, Bessarion, and other celebrated men of the time.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/2189.html (856 words)

	The Chaldæan Oracles
		Berosus is said to be the first who introduced the writings of the Chaldæans concerning Astronomy and Philosophy among the Greeks,* and it is certain that the traditions of Chaldea very largely influenced Greek thought.
		Taylor considers that some of these mystical utterances are the sources whence the sublime conceptions of Plate were formed, and large commentaries were written upon them by Porphyry, Iamblichus, Proclus, Pletho and Psellus.
		That men of such great learning and sagacity should have thought so highly of these Oracles, is a fact which in itself should commend then to our attention.
	www.wyldwytch.com /weavings/reading_room/books/gd/chaldean_oracles.htm (4097 words)

	Strabo Criticism and Essays \| Milton V. Anastos (essay date 1953)
		SOURCE: “Pletho, Strabo and Columbus” in Annuaire de l‘Institut de Philologie et d’Histoire Orientales et Slaves, Secrétariat des Éditions de l’Institut, 1953, pp.
		[In the following essay, Anastos credits George Gemistus Pletho with the fifteenth-century introduction of the Geography to the Latin West and examines its popularity during the Renaissance, including its use by Christopher Columbus.
		He was a man of prodigious learning and considerable versatility, and wrote on...
	www.enotes.com /classical-medieval-criticism/strabo/milton-v-anastos-essay-date-1953 (158 words)

	Orpheus the Theologian and Renaissance Platonists
		The veiling of truth/ The Beginnings of Renaissance religious syncretism: Ficino, Pletho and Bessarion/ Orpheus’ monotheism.
		The drift towards heresy/ summary of the ways in which theological Orphica are important in the Renaissance.
		In the Renaissance the Orphica appear in company with the Hermetica, the Chaldaean Oracles (i.e.
	phoenixandturtle.net /excerptmill/Walker2.htm (1582 words)

	Due Mari Italy
		The thirteenth century Cathedral having the tombs of Sigismondo and his wife Isotta is worth a visit.
		Interestingly, some of the tombs are of illustrious humanists one of them being the philosopher Gemistus Pletho.
		A visit to the outstanding wall painting of Piero della Francesca should also be on your cards.
	roomsnet.com /italy_Hotels/due_mari-H5196.html (460 words)

	Florentine Academy \| Encyclopedia of Philosophy
		There is no direct link between this Platonic Academy and other academies active in Florence at a later date.
		According to Ficino, the academy was founded by Cosimo de' Medici because his enthusiasm for Plato had been aroused by the lectures of Gemistus Pletho at the time of the Council of Florence (1438).
		In 1462 Cosimo placed a villa in Careggi at the disposal of Ficino, the promising young son of his physician, and lent him several Greek manuscripts of Plato and other ancient philosophers, assigning him the task of studying, translating, and interpreting these writings.
	www.bookrags.com /research/florentine-academy-eoph (841 words)

	The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn ® The Chaldaean Oracles
		Stay not on the Precipice with the dross of Matter, for there is a place for thy Image in a realm ever splendid.
		– Psellus, 15; Pletho, 23; Z. Look not upon Nature, for her name is fatal.
		It becometh you not to behold them before your body is initiated, since by always alluring they seduce the souls from the sacred mysteries.
	www.hermeticgoldendawn.org /Documents/Archives/oracle.htm (8237 words)

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