When1: 1390
When2: 1438
Who: George Plethon [Plethon, George] or Pletho or George of Trebizond
What: philosopher
Where: Byzantium/Florence, Italy
works\ On Differences [1390 to 1438: differences between Plato and Aristotle about God]; Summary of the Doctrines of Zoroaster and Plato [1390 to 1438]; Address to Theodore II Palaiologos [1390 to 1438]
Detail: He lived 1355 to 1452 and was neo-Platonist. Byzantine emperor John VIII Palaeologus, Plethon, Plethon's student Johannes Bessarion, and George Scholarios attended Council of Ferrara [1438] to try to unify east and west churches. He taught about Plato in Florence [1438].
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