A 19th century Greek scholar in Bucharest : Mihail Christaris and his library

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Roxane D. Argyropoulos

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n the end of the 18th century many young men from Epirus went to
Bucharest in order to complete their studies. Among them was Mihail Christaris (Jannina 1773-Athens 1851?) who became a medical doctor and lived
in Bucharest for more than twenty years, playing a prominent part in cultural
life and later in the preparation of the Greek War of Independence. His translation of the Traité élémentaire de morale et de bonheur of Jean-Zacharie Paradis de Raymondis, in which he adds his own notes, and his Catechism of the Main Social Duties (Bucharest 1831) make him an upholder of the French
Revolution’s liberalism in Southeastern Europe. His library, rich in rare as
also in more recent books, offered by him to Theophilos Kai'ris’ school in
Andros gives us the inclinations of his personality.



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