Georgios Gemistos Plethon

Type Figure Region Byzantine Empire Time c. 1355–1452 Also known as Plethon、Gemistos

Georgios Gemistos Plethon (c. 1355/1360–1452/1454), born Georgios Gemistos and known as Plethon (meaning 'full'), was one of the most important Plato…

Timeline

1420–1430Mistra · MoreaIn the 1420s Plethon taught philosophy and wrote in Mistra, capital of Byzantine Morea, systematically organizing Platonic thought, proposing to revive Byzantine spiritual life through classical philosophy, and influencing the local intellectual elite.
1425–1430Mistra · MoreaDuring this period Plethon wrote important philosophical works such as Laws, blending Plato, Aristotle, and Stoic thought, envisioning an ideal constitution and religious reform, becoming a milestone in the intellectual history of the late Byzantine era.

Sources

Gemistus Pletho — Encyclopaedia Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gemistus-Pletho
Greek Philosophers of the Byzantine Empire — John S. Romanides