An approach to Plethon: the de virtutibus revisited

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  • Joseph A. Munitiz University of Birmingham

Keywords:

Byzantine philosophy, George Gemistos Plethon, Paganism, Christian ethics

Abstract

Originating as an extended review of a critical edition of the De virtutibus of Gemistos Plethon, this article takes into account many recent works on Plethon; it attempts to show how the little work On the virtues may provide access to a view of Plethon not as a crypto-advocate of paganism but as a broad-minded Orthodox believer, attempting to widen the cultural horizon of his con-temporaries to include what is of value in pre-Christian thinkers.

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Published

2015-12-01

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Munitiz, J. A. (2015). An approach to Plethon: the de virtutibus revisited. Estudios Bizantinos, 3, 123-134. Retrieved from https://erevistas.publicaciones.uah.es/ojs/index.php/ebizantinos/article/view/1804

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Vol. 3 (2015)

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