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Gemistos Plethon
George Gemistos Plethon was a Byzantine philosopher who taught at Mistra in the Despotate of the Morea. A follower of Plato, he proposed radical reforms of the Morea's government, army and land, and wrote a Book of Laws describing a revived pagan religion, which was later burned. His lectures at the Council of Florence in 1438–1439 inspired Italian interest in Plato.
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