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George Gemistos Plethon, painting by Benozzo Gozzoli, 1459-1461 CE.
Palazzo Medici, Florence.
George Gemistos Plethon was a leading philosophic thinker of his day. He moved to Mystras around 1407 CE, where he could more freely express his ideas under the patronage of the Palaiologan despots. He lived there until he died in 1452 CE.
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