UDC Trapezuntius C. Georgios Steiris GEORGIUS TRAPEZUNTIUS CRETENSIS ON DEATH APSTRAKT: U radu se izuåavaju pogledi istaknutog humanistiå- kog filosofa i teologa Georgija iz Trapezunta (1395—1472), koji se sa Krita preselio u Italiju. Pristalica Aristotela i ÿestoki protiv- nik Platona, kao prevodilac antiåkih i sredwovekovnih gråkih tek- stova, on je u 15. veku mnogo doprineo razvoju Renesanse. Wegovo Pi- smo utehe iz 1420. godine prijatequ povodom smrti wegove ÿene izra- ÿava celovitu teoriju o smrti. KEYWORDS: Georgius Trapezuntius Cretensis (1395—1472): Compa- ratio Philosophorum Platonis et Aristotelis, Cardinal Bessarion: In Calumnia- torem Platonis; Theory of Death Georgius Trapezuntius Cretensis, or George of Trebizond (1395— 1472), was an eminent humanist scholar who immigrated to Italy from Crete during the early 15 th century. Trapezuntius is well appre- ciated for his treatises on philosophy, rhetoric, astronomy, astrology and theology. He was also an industrious translator and commentator of ancient and medieval Greek texts. Trapezuntius' works, although heavily criticized at times, contributed to Italian and Northern Re- naissance. Trapezuntius was a well-known proponent of Aristotle and a fierce opponent of Plato during Renaissance. Notorious is his confrontation with the Cardinal Bessarion about the superiority of Aristotelian philosophy. Trapezuntius started the dispute when he published the Comparatio Philosophorum Platonis et Aristotelis, forcing Bessarion to reply with the In Calumniatorem Platonis. 1 189 1 Mohler L., Kardinal Bessarion als Theologe, Humanist und Staatsman, Pa- derbon 1923—1942, v. I, 327, 360.