Medievalists.net » Georgius Gemistus Plethon http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 George Gemistos Plethon on God: Heterodoxy in Defense of Orthodoxy http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/03/george-gemistos-plethon-on-god-heterodoxy-in-defense-of-orthodoxy/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/03/george-gemistos-plethon-on-god-heterodoxy-in-defense-of-orthodoxy/#comments Mon, 03 Sep 2012 05:05:37 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=35357 The Emperor, John VIII Palaeologos, knew they were going to face some of the finest minds in the Roman Church on their own soil; he therefore wanted the best minds available in support of the Byzantine cause to accompany him. Consequently, the Emperor appointed George Gemistos as part of the delegation.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/03/george-gemistos-plethon-on-god-heterodoxy-in-defense-of-orthodoxy/feed/ 0 The Symbolical Career of Georgios Gemistos Plethon http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/02/the-symbolical-career-of-georgios-gemistos-plethon/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/02/the-symbolical-career-of-georgios-gemistos-plethon/#comments Mon, 03 Sep 2012 04:12:26 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=35347 Thus Gemistos was the first who in an authoritative way attacked the hegemony of Aristotle in western thought.

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