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OCTOBER 2024 The recent cyber attack on the Internet Archive is deplorable and can be reasonably compared with the repeated burning of the Great Library of Alexandria. I have used the Wayback Machine extensively, but, until the full extent of the permanent damage is clear, I am unable to assess its effect on Atlantipedia. At […]Read More »
Joining The Dots
I have now published my new book, Joining The Dots, which offers a fresh look at the Atlantis mystery. I have addressed the critical questions of when, where and who, using Plato’s own words, tempered with some critical thinking and a modicum of common sense.Read More »
Plethon, George Gemistos (t)
George Gemistos Plethon (c.1355-c.1452) was born in Constantinople 
during the final years of the Byzantine Empire. He is generally credited with reviving interest in Greek learning in Western Europe. Plethon was keen to heal the schism between the Eastern and Western Churches and also tried to reconcile Platonic thinking with Christianity, including the reintroduction of the Olympian gods(a). He is sometimes referred to as one of the first ‘Pagan’ Neo-Platonists.
It is believed that Plethon gave a Greek copy of Plato’s Dialogues to Cosimo de Medici and made such an impression on him that de Medici founded a new Platonic Academy at Florence and appointed Marsilio Ficino to head it. From there Ficino went on to be the first to translate the entire works of Plato from Greek to Latin, published in 1484.
*[(a) https://baringtheaegis.blogspot.ie/2014/04/on-george-gemistos-plethon-and-his.html]*