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See also:MICHAEL See also:APOSTOLIUS (d. c. 1480)
, a See also:Greek theologian and rhetorician of the 15th See also:century
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When, in 1453, the See also:Turks conquered See also:Constantinople, his native See also:city, he fled to See also:Italy, and there obtained the See also:protection of See also:Cardinal See also:Bessarion
.
But engaging in the See also:great dispute that then raged between the up-holders of See also:Aristotle and See also:Plato, his zeal for the latter led him to speak so contemptuously of the more popular philosopher and of his defender, See also:Theodorus See also:Gaza, that he See also:fell under the severe displeasure of his See also:patron
.
He afterwards retired to See also:Crete, where he earned a scanty living by teaching and by copying See also:manuscripts
.
Many of his copies are still to be found in the See also:libraries of See also:Europe
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One of them, the Icones of See also:Philostratus at See also:Bologna, bears the inscription: " The See also: |
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