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Gerasimos Vlachos (1607–1685) was a
Gerasimos Vlachos (1607–1685) was a Greek
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scholar of the Renaissance
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He was born in Heraklion
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, Crete
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but migrated to Venice
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early on and was a student and associate of fellow Greek scholar Theophilos Korydaleus. He specialised in Greek philosophy
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and among his many writings was ''The Definitive Harmony of Things According to Greek Thinkers'' (Venice 1661).Josiah B. Gould, ''The Philosophy of Chrysippus, The Revival of Greek Thought'', SUNY Press,
Known works
* ''The Definitive Harmony of Things According to Greek Thinkers''See also
*Greek scholars in the Renaissance
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1607 births 1685 deaths Greek Renaissance humanists Writers from Heraklion 17th-century Greek writers 17th-century Greek educators {{Greece-bio-stub