John Italus

John Italus

John Italus [Johannes Italos, Ioannis Italos.] was a Byzantine philosopher of the eleventh century. He was Calabrian in origin, his father being a soldier [ [http://www.deremilitari.org/resources/articles/magdalino.htm The Byzantine background to the First Crusade, by Paul Magdalino ] ] .

He came to Constantinople, where he became a student of Michael Psellus in classical Greek philosophy. He succeeded Psellus in his position as head of the philosophical school. Subsequently he came into conflict with Diogenes, and he was condemned in 1082 [ [http://homepage.mac.com/paulstephenson/madison/byzantium/chron/c11.html The Byzantine Empire in the 11th Century ] ] for lack of orthodoxy.

References

*Lowell Clucas (1981), "The Trial of John Italos and the Crisis of Intellectual Values in Byzantium in the Eleventh Century"

Notes

External links

*de icon [http://www.bautz.de/bbkl/j/Johannes_Ita.shtml BBK page]


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