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Apostolis, Michael

Born: Constantinople, ca. 1420

Died: Venetian Crete, ca. 1480

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Michael Apostolis (ca. 1420–ca. 1480) was a Greek Byzantine writer, scholar, scriber, and philosopher from the circle of Cardinal Bessarion. He defended the Platonists in the quarrel between Platonists and Aristotelians. He returned to the Venetian Crete and contributed to the circulation of many ancient Greek manuscripts in Western Europe.

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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

    Vasileios Syros

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Arabatzis, G. (2018). Apostolis, Michael. In: Sgarbi, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_17-1

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