The Philosophy of Gemistos Plethon: Platonism in Late Byzantium, between Hellenism and Orthodoxy by Vojtěch Hladký
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The Philosophy of Gemistos Plethon: Platonism in Late Byzantium, between Hellenism and Orthodoxy by Vojtěch Hladký, published in 2014. A major modern study of the thought of Gemistos Plethon (c. 1355–1452), the influential Byzantine scholar whose revival of Platonic philosophy helped shape late Byzantine intellectual life and profoundly influenced the Italian Renaissance. Hladký examines Plethon’s attempt to reconcile—or deliberately position between—ancient Hellenic philosophy and Orthodox Christian theology, exploring his metaphysics, theology, ethics, and political thought within their historical and cultural context. The work sheds light on Plethon’s controversial engagement with pagan philosophy, his critique of Aristotelianism, and his role in the transmission of Platonic and Neoplatonic ideas to the West. Combining close textual analysis with broader intellectual history, this study is an essential resource for scholars and collectors interested in Platonism, Byzantine philosophy, Renaissance intellectual exchange, and the complex relationship between philosophy and religion in the late medieval world. Hardcover, exhibiting only the very lightest shelfwear.
