Basil [Cardinal] Bessarion
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[Revised entry by Eva Del Soldato on September 18, 2026.
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Basil Bessarion (d. 1472) was, before Marsilio Ficino (1433 - 1499), the not so grey eminence responsible for the return of Plato in the Western world. Defending Plato's reputation from the attacks of the arch-Aristotelian George of Trebizond - attacks which were founded in a long anti-Platonic tradition - Bessarion introduced Christianized readings of Plato's dialogues, characterizing him as the paga
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Basil Bessarion (d. 1472) was, before Marsilio Ficino (1433 - 1499), the not so grey eminence responsible for the return of Plato in the Western world. Defending Plato's reputation from the attacks of the arch-Aristotelian George of Trebizond - attacks which were founded in a long anti-Platonic tradition - Bessarion introduced Christianized readings of Plato's dialogues, characterizing him as the paga
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