Adamantios Koraes: The Second Aristotle of Freedom

Statue of Adamantios Koraes in front of the University of Athens. Photo: EV

Prologue

In the early 1970s, I wrote my Ph.D. thesis on Adamantios Koraes at the University of Wisconsin. I read his voluminous writings and hundreds of letters – mostly written in Greek and some in French. I tried to understand his philosophy, purpose, method and influence in the making of the Greek Revolution of 1821.

The second Aristotle

More than 50 years later, I see Adamantios Koraes, 1748-1833, like Plato and Aristotle in one.