Adamantios Korais, Greek philosopher and scholar (born 1748)

Adamantios Korais

Greek humanist scholar (1748–1833)

Adamantios Korais or Koraïs was a Greek scholar credited with laying the foundations of modern Greek literature and a major figure in the Greek Enlightenment. His activities paved the way for the Greek War of Independence and the emergence of a purified form of the Greek…