Theophilos Corydalleus


Theophilos Corydalleus εύς, ''Theofilos Koryda, was a Greek Neo-Aristotelian philosopher.

Biography

Corydalleus was born in Korydallos, which was renamed from Pachy in 1923 to honour him. He taught Italian, Greek, and Latin in Athens and Constantinople, and translated numerous texts from Latin, such as those by Cesare Cremonini, who was one of his teachers. He was appointed Director of the Academy of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in 1624 by Patriarch Cyril I. The philosophy courses of Corydalleus are accurate accounts and commentaries of the treatises of Aristotle, written in Ancient Greek in the tradition of Alexandrine and neo-Aristotle commentators.

Modern criticism

Religious scholar Vasilios N. Makrides suggests that Corydalleus's Neo-Aristoteleian legacy was not an entirely positive one, stating that
In contrast, Anastasios Tamis believes that Corydalleus's appointment as director of the Academy