It does what it says on the tin.
The Medici's invented Plato, to promote Democracy, which they could control using money/bribery/intimidation/blackmail.
As far as 'inventing Plato', there was a guy by the name of Georgius Gemistus, later named Plethon (Plethon = Plato). It seems he either wrote or translated someone else's work and that became known as 'Plato's work':
"1360 – 1452/1454, later called Plethon, was one of the most renowned philosophers of the late Byzantine era.[4] He was a chief pioneer of the revival of Greek scholarship in Western Europe.[5] As revealed in his last literary work, the Nomoi or Book of Laws, which he only circulated among close friends, he rejected Christianity in favour of a return to the worship of ancient Hellenic Gods as well as ancient wisdom based on Zoroaster and the Magi.[6]
He re-introduced Plato's ideas to Western Europe during the 1438–1439 Council of Florence, a failed attempt to reconcile the East-West schism. Here, it was believed until recently, Plethon met and influenced Cosimo de' Medici to found a new Platonic Academy, which, under Marsilio Ficino, would proceed to translate into Latin all Plato's works, the Enneads of Plotinus, and various other Neoplatonist works. "
As for Cosimo De Medici:
"Cosimo's power over Florence stemmed from his wealth, which he used to control the votes of office holders in the municipal councils, most importantly the Signoria of Florence. As Florence was proud of its "democracy", he pretended to have little political ambition and did not often hold public office. Enea Piccolomini, Bishop of Siena and later Pope Pius II, said of him:
"Political questions are settled in [Cosimo's] house. The man he chooses holds office... He it is who decides peace and war... He is king in all but name"
"The arrival of notable Byzantine figures from the Eastern Roman Empire, including Emperor John VIII Palaiologos himself, started a boom in interest for Greek culture and arts in the city"
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[–] TrialsAndTribulation ago
No, you're a crank regardless of what I think. And yes, Hardouin was a crackpot. Newton's gift was in mathematics, reason, and observation. He spent the last decades of his life studying occult learning and alchemy and searching for the philosopher's stone. I wouldn't use him as the basis for any kind of authority outside of the science he pioneered.
I'd recommend actually reading some books rather than getting a facile and superficial education on Wikipedia. You know at the bottom of a Wikipedia page there's often something called "Bibliography". That's a list of sources, often in the form of books, the sort of thing I asked you to provide when we started this. Trying reading some. They're a lot better than the internet.
Lastly, If you can find someone reputable and credible who agrees with you, you might be on to something, but if you're a lone voice preaching your gospel, you're a crank and a nut and a kook, not to mention a half-assed, would-be manque scholar with pretensions of education.
Bye, kid.
[–] TheSeer [S] ago
Got it, Karamzin, Newton, Hardouin, Fomenko, all cranks, nut, kooks, and crackpots. You've read books, and never questioned chronology in the slightest. Chronology is a mathematical science. LOL at using that as some sort of criticism. Imagine if I used sources other than Wikipedia what you would have said. Did you ever get around to figuring out when BC/AD was popularized, crossbows came into regular use, and cement/concrete became commonly used?
If I read books, how exactly would that help convince you, unless you also had the same books at your disposal?
Interesting how there is all this interest in chronological sciences around 1700-1800, isn't it? Oh yeah, but I forgot, we know better, because we are another 220-300 years removed from events. Let me guess, you also think there was something called the Dark Ages!