Daniel Philippides

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Daniel Philippides , also Daniil Filippidis , secular first name Dimitrios ( Greek Δανιήλ Φιλιππίδης , secular first name Δημήτριος , * 1750 in Milies ; † 1832 in Bessarabia ) was a Greek monk and scholar. He is considered a protagonist of the Greek Enlightenment and was a member of the Filiki Eteria .

Life

Philippides' family came from Euboea and settled in Milies. Philippides became a monk and began studying at Mount Athos (Athonite School), which he continued in Chios and Bucharest . In 1790 his geographical work Γεωγραφία Νεωτερική ( Modern Geography ) appeared in Vienna . From 1790 to 1794 he lived in Paris , where he gave courses in mathematics and science . In 1794 he returned to Milies and then went to Constantinople . There he lost all his belongings and the unfinished manuscript for the second volume of geography in a fire. He left the city and moved to Constanta.

From 1810 to 1818 he traveled to several European cities: Paris, Strasbourg , Munich , Vienna and Leipzig , where he stayed for two years. During this time, wrote his Philippides Ίστορία τής Ρουμουνίας ( Romanian History ), the Γεωγραφικόν της Ρουμουνίας ( Geography of Romania ) and the Απόπειρα Αναλύσεως του Νοουμένου ( attempt to analyze the noumenon ). He also translated six scientific works into Greek, four of which were printed. Eventually he turned more and more to philosophy and was significantly influenced by Kant .

Iakovos Rhizos Nerulos is one of his students .

Fonts (selection)

  • with Grigorios Konstantas (Γρηγόριος Κωνσταντάς): Γεωγραφία Νεωτερική. Trattner, Vienna 1791.
    • with Grigorios Konstantas: Γεωγραφία Νεωτερική. Επιμέλεια Aikaterini Koumarianou . Athens 1988.
  • Ιστορία της Ρουμουνίας. Leipzig 1816.
    • Istoria României. Translation into Romanian, introduction and explanations by Olga Cicanci . Pegasus Press, Bucharest 2004.
  • Ιστορία της Ρουμουνίας (Μέλος β ': Γεωγραφικὸν τής Ρουμουνίας ). Έν Λειψίᾳ τής Σαξονίας, έν τῇ τυπογραφίᾳ τοῦ Ταουχνίτς . 1816.
  • Απόπειρα Αναλύσεως του Νοουμένου. Leipzig 1817.
  • Α. Κουμαριανού (ed.): Δανιήλ Φιλιππίδης - Barbié du Bocage - Άνθιμος Γαζής, Αλληλογραφία (1794-1819) . Athens 1966.

literature

  • Friedrich Justin Bertuch (Ed.): Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden , 1812, pp. 73-74.
  • Julia Chatzipanagioti-Sangmeister: Graecia mendax. The image of the Greeks in 18th century French travel literature. WUV Universitätsverlag Vienna 2002 (= Diss. Vienna), pp. 23–24 (on the reception of the Γεωγραφία Νεωτερική)
  • Δ. Β. Οικονομίδης: Δανιήλ Φιλιππίδου βίος και έργον (1750-1832). In: Μνημοσύνη 7, 1978-1979, pp. 217-223.
  • Max Demeter Peyfuss : The printing works of Moschopolis, 1731–1769. Book printing and veneration of saints in the Archdiocese of Achrida . Böhlau, Vienna a. a. 1989, ISBN 3-205-05293-5 , pp. 47, 60, 87, 231 ( Vienna Archive for the History of Slavicism and Eastern Europe 13).

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personal data
SURNAME Philippides, Daniel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Filippidis, Daniil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek scholar
DATE OF BIRTH 1750
PLACE OF BIRTH Milies
DATE OF DEATH 1832
Place of death Bessarabia