Theoklitos Farmakidis (born Theoharis Farmakidis; ; 1784–1860) was a Greek scholar and journalist. He was a notable figure of the Modern Greek Enlightenment.

Biography

He was born in 1784 in Nibegler (Νιμπεγλέρ) near Larissa, in the

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region of northern Greece. He studied at the Phanar Greek Orthodox College and the Princely Academy of Iași. After Anthimos Gazis he continued the publishing of '' Hermes o Logios'' with his partner Konstantinos Kokkinakis. He joined the '' Philiki Etaireia'' and became an admirer of Adamantios Korais, supporter of Greek independence and critic of the

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Greek Revolution

After the outbreak of the

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, he approached Dimitrios Ypsilantis. In August 1821, in Kalamata he started publishing the Greek newspaper ''Elliniki Salpinx'' ("Greek Bugle"). He took part at the National Assemblies of

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and Astros and later he taught in the Ionian Academy (1823-1825).

Thought

He was a supporter of the English party and Alexandros Mavrokordatos. During the reign of Otto, he was advisor on ecclesiastical/religious matters and supporter of the establishment of the Church of Greece. He was liberal and tolerant to the different dogmas and became friend with Jonas King, the controversial Protestant missionary in Greece. A strongly pro-West supporter, he was against the Greek involvement in the

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Selected works

* ''Elements of the Greek language'', Athens, 1815 * ''Apology'', Athens, 1840 * ''The Synodal Tome or About the Truth'', Athens, 1852

Sources

* Βγένα Α. Βαρθολομαίου, ''Η δίκη του Θεόκλητου Φαρμακίδη (1829-1839)'', ''Μνήμων'' 4 (1974), σελ. 172–214. {{DEFAULTSORT:Farmakidis, Theoklitos 1784 births 1860 deaths 19th-century Greek philosophers Greek theologians Greek scholars Greek people of the Greek War of Independence People of the Modern Greek Enlightenment Members of the Filiki Eteria Greek Eastern Orthodox priests 19th-century Eastern Orthodox priests Enlightenment philosophers Age of Enlightenment People from Larissa (regional unit)