Research on the Greek Orthodox medico-philosophers (combining the expertise of both a medical doctor and a philosopher) in the early modern period must consider their great mobility outside the Ottoman Empire. A classic trajectory included pursuing medical studies in Western Europe and then moving to Russia, which offered them many employment opportunities. One such example is Damianus Paraskevas Sinopeus (1687-1776), who studied medicine in Germany and practised it at the highest level in Russia for many decades. While in Germany, he also published three philosophical treatises in Latin defending the philosophy of Christian Wolff (1679-1754) and participated in a creative way in the intellectual debates of the Western European world. He therefore enjoyed wider recognition at the time, because he contributed to the productive contacts between East and West in the context of an inclusive Republic of Letters across the whole European continent.
Universität Erfurt, Germany - ORCID: 0000-0003-3783-2655
Chapter Title
Damianus Paraskevas Sinopeus als Mitglied der Gelehrtenrepublik zwischen Ost und West im 18. Jahrhundert: Mobilitätsdynamiken griechisch-orthodoxer Akteure zwischen dem Osmanischen Reich, Westeuropa und dem Russischen Reich
Authors
Vasilios N. Makrides
Language
German
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0646-4.08
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Publication Year
2024
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Book Title
Cristiani orientali e Repubblica delle Lettere (XVI-XVIII sec.) / Chrétiens orientaux et République des Lettres (16e-18e s.) / Östliche Christen und die Gelehrtenrepublik (16.-18. Jh.)
Editors
Marcello Garzaniti, Vassa Kontouma, Vasilios N. Makrides
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Number of Pages
510
Publication Year
2024
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Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0646-4
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979-12-215-0645-7
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979-12-215-0646-4
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979-12-215-0647-1
Series Title
Europe in between. Histories, cultures and languages from Central Europe to the Eurasian Steppes
Series ISSN
2975-0318
Series E-ISSN
2975-0326