Adamantios Korais
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Image:Adamantios Korais.jpg Adamantios Korais (Coraïs) (April 27, 1748–April 6, 1833) was born in Smyrna, in 1748. He was exceptionally passionate about philosophy, literacy and linguistics and studied greatly throughout his youth. As an adult Korais traveled to Paris where he would continue his enthusiasm for knowledge. He translated ancient Greek authors and produced thirty volumes of those translations. Korais graduated from the University of Montpellier in 1788 and was to spend most of his life as an expatriate in Paris. A classical scholar, Korais was repelled by the Byzantine influence in Greek society and was a fierce critic of the ignorance of the clergy and their subservience to the Ottoman Empire, although he believed it was the Orthodox Church that preserved the national identity of Greeks. His main preoccupation was with education and he encouraged wealthy Greeks to open new libraries and schools throughout Greece. Korais believed that education would ensure not only the achievement of independence but also the establishment of a proper constitution for the new liberated Greek state. Korais also assisted in purifying a form of the Greek language (Katharevousa).Template:Philosopher-stub
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