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Radical Platonism in Byzantium: Illumination and Utopia in Gemistos Plethon - Cambridge Classical Studies Siniossoglou, Niketas (University of Cambridge)
Radical Platonism in Byzantium: Illumination and Utopia in Gemistos Plethon - Cambridge Classical Studies
Siniossoglou, Niketas (University of Cambridge)
This book advances a revisionist approach towards the clash between humanism and Christian Orthodoxy in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries that led to the secular utopianism and paganism of visionary Platonist, Gemistos Plethon. An important read for those interested in ancient and medieval philosophy, Byzantine studies and the Renaissance.
470 pages, 1 table
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | November 3, 2011 |
| ISBN13 | 9781107013032 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 472 |
| Dimensions | 220 × 142 × 27 mm · 756 g |
| Language | English |