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Dimitris Liantinis | |
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| Born | 23 July 1942 Liantina, Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece |
| Died | unknown; disappeared on 1 June 1998 (aged 55) in Taygetos, Peloponnese, Greece |
| Education | University of Athens (B.A., 1966)[1] University of Munich[1] University of Athens (Ph.D., 1977)[1] |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Continental philosophy |
| Institutions | University of Athens |
Main interests | Ancient Greek philosophy, the Romantic movement |
Notable ideas | Revival of Classicism and Romanticism |
Dimitris Liantinis (/ˌliːənˈtiːnɪs/; Greek: Δημήτρης Λιαντίνης [ʎa(n)ˈdinis]; born 23 July 1942, disappeared 1 June 1998) was a Greek philosopher. He was associate professor at the Department of Pedagogy of the Faculty of Philosophy, Pedagogy and Psychology of the University of Athens, teaching the course "Philosophy of Education and Teaching of Greek Language and Literature".[2] He has written nine books. His last and most seminal work Gemma (Γκέμμα) has been translated into several languages.
A great lover of Ancient Greek culture, he devoted his life in studying and reinterpreting their cultural heritage. He wrote on various philosophical issues, including education, morality and death. He emphasised the need of incorporating the Ancient Greek ideas and morals into the modern Greek education system and also held explicit views on the decline of Western culture.
He has achieved popularity in Greece because of his strange and unexplained disappearance in the morning of 1 June 1998 at the age of 55 years. It is thought that he committed suicide in 1998 on the mountains of Taygetos. His last university lecture was delivered on 27 May 1998. In his letter to his family he wrote "I go away by my own will. I disappear standing, strong, and proud."[3]
- ^ a b c Liantinis.gr – official biography
- ^ "Biography at Liantinis.org". Archived from the original on 2014-03-25. Retrieved 2014-08-30.
- ^ "The Last letter". Archived from the original on 2019-04-27. Retrieved 2018-09-12.