George of Trebizond lived from 1395 to 1486 and was a Byzantine Greek philosopher, scholar and humanist born in Crete, then a Venetian colony. He became known for his Latin translations of Aristotle and for a fierce 1458 polemic arguing Aristotle's superiority over Plato at a moment when Renaissance humanists were reviving interest in both, and he taught Latin literature and rhetoric, publishing an influential Latin grammar in 1471 and commentaries on Ptolemy's Almagest.
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Notable PublicationComparatio Aristotelis et Platonis (1458) 1 Office HeldSecretary to Pope Nicholas V 1 BirthplaceCrete (then the Venetian Kingdom of Candia) 1 Classification
NationalityRepublic of Venice (Historical) 1 Sources
1. Wikipedia: George of Trebizond
Life, paragraph 1, birthplace
He was born on the Greek island of Crete (then a Venetian colony known as the Kingdom of Candia)
Life, paragraph 4, death year
He died in great poverty in 1486
Life, paragraph 4, death place
died in great poverty in 1486 in Rome.
Life, paragraph 3, 1458 polemic
in the Comparatio Aristotelis et Platonis of 1458, described by historian James Hankins as "one of the most remarkable mixtures of learning and lunacy ever penned"
Life, paragraph 3, secretary
he was selected as secretary by Pope Nicholas V, an ardent Aristotelian
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