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Callistos, Andronicos

Born: Thessaloniki, ca. 1400

Died: London 1486

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Andronicos Callistos was a Byzantine philosopher and scholar who, after the fall of Constantinople, moved to Italy to teach the Greek language. He later left for Paris, where he was instrumental in the growth of Greek studies, and London. He took part in the controversy between Platonists and Aristotelians that divided Byzantine émigrés in Italy. As an Aristotelian, he defended Theodoros Gazes against the accusations of the Platonist Michael Apostolis.

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  • Callistos, Andronicos. Προς τας Μιχαήλου Αποστόλου κατά Θεόδωρον αντιλήψεις, [= Against the opinions of Michael Apostolis contra Theodoros [Gazes]], ed. Ludwig Mohler, Kardinal Bessarion als Theologe, Humanist und Staatsmann, Bd. III: Aus Bessarions Gelehrtenkreis Abhandlungen, Reden, Briefe von Bessarion, Theodoros Gazes, Michael Apostolios, Andronikos Kallistos, Georgios Trapezountios, Niccolò Capranica, 170–203. Paderborn, Schöningh, 1923–42 [Aalen, Scientia Verlag, 1967].

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  1. Department of Philosophy, Pedagogy and Psychology, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Georgios Arabatzis

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  1. Dept. of Philosophy a. Cultural Heritage, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia Dept. of Philosophy a. Cultural Heritage, Venezia, Italy

    Marco Sgarbi

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  1. Finnish Center of Political Thought & Conceptual Change, JYVÄSKYLÄN YLIOPISTO, Finland

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Arabatzis, G. (2018). Callistos, Andronicos. In: Sgarbi, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_27-1

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