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14-487: Kaplaneios was rebuilt during 1922-1926 and since that time has housed a number of primary schools. The school was founded at the personal expense of the brothers Manthos and Zois Kaplanis , merchants and local benefactors. It succeeded another local school, the Maroutsaia , which closed due to financial problems. From its very start, Athanasios Psalidas, one of the main representatives of the modern Greek Enlightenment , took

28-539: A number of primary schools. Maroutsaia School The Maroutsaia School ( Greek : Μαρουτσαία Σχολή ) or Maroutsios was a Greek educational institution that operated in Ioannina from 1742 to 1797. The school reached its peak under Eugenios Voulgaris , one of the main representative of the modern Greek Enlightenment . This period also marked the first phase of renaissance of Greek education in Ioannina. During

42-676: The 18th century Ioannina was a cultural and educational center of the Ottoman ruled Greek world , while education was flourishing. The Maroutsaia school was sponsored by members of the Maroutsis family, successful merchants and benefactors that were active in Venice . First schoolmaster of the Maroutsaia became the theologian and scholar Eugenios Voulgaris . Voulgaris apart from Greek taught also Latin , Philosophy , and experimental physics . In general he

56-407: The conservative community of Ioannina. He included in the curriculum lessons of experimental physics and was an ardent supporter of contemporary European ideologies and the vernacular ( Demotic ) Greek language. The students were also taught Ancient Greek literature and contemporary science, including Lavoisier 's chemistry and Isaac Newton 's Principia . Psalidas' main objective and aspiration

70-610: The conservative party and teaching classical Greek in education. Eugenios Voulgaris accused Balanos of not supporting the progressive Demotic . In ca. 1760 his son Kosmas Balanos succeeded him as schoolmaster of the Gouma School. Because he experienced the Methodios Affair first hand he was a strict teacher of Korydalism . On the other hand, he expanded and reprinted the work of his teacher Methodios Anthrakites The Way of Mathematics ( Greek : Οδός Μαθηματική , 1749). This

84-685: The former. The Maroutsaia faced financial problems during the following decades since the Maroutsis couldn't sponsor the school any more. The political instability in Venice faced with the French occupation of the city made this situation even worse and, in 1797, the school had to close due to financial difficulties. However, during the same year it reopened but with a new administration and name, Kaplaneios , after Zois and Manthos Kaplanis who founded this new school. Balanos Vasilopoulos Balanos Vasilopoulos ( Greek : Μπαλάνος Βασιλόπουλος ; 1694–1760)

98-533: The initiative and became director of the school. The same year the Kaplaneios had its own library, while it came under the protection of the Phanar Greek Orthodox College of Istanbul ( Constantinople ) and acquired the alternative title Patriarchal Academy . Psalidas initially faced an anachronistic and lethargic education system. In order to deal with this, he began a series of confrontations with

112-475: The vernacular Greek language ( Demotic ) in his teachings, he was considered a progressive scholar. Because of his progressive teaching methods, Voulgaris was denounced by conservative scholars, like Balanos Vasilopoulos , director of another local school of the city, the Balanios . In 1753, Voulgaris left Ioannina and he was succeeded by the theologian Tryphon of Metsovo , who continued the educational methods of

126-534: Was a Greek Orthodox cleric, author, mathematician, physicist, and philosopher. He is known for attempting to solve doubling the cube . He was one of the most influential Greek mathematicians of the 18th century. His teacher was the notable scientist Methodios Anthrakites . He made a significant contribution to the Modern Greek Enlightenment during the Ottoman occupation of the Greek world. Balanos

140-516: Was a major center, came to an abrupt end, with the suppression of Ali Pasha's autonomist tendencies against the Porte as well as with the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence in 1821. The suppression of Ali Pasha resulted in the destruction of the schools of the city, including the Kaplaneios. The school was rebuilt during 1922-1926, thanks to a bequest from Zois Kaplanis, and since that time has housed

154-403: Was an agent of modernization, advocated Newtonian science and philosophy, but on the other hand insisted that the Greek intellectual revival, which was underway, should remain theologically and socially conservative. Voulgaris also included John Locke 's epistemology in his teaching, as well as translations of works of Gottfried Leibniz and Christian Wolff . Although Voulgaris did not use

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168-566: Was born in Ioannina , a major center of the Greek Enlightenment movement during that time. He was a student of Methodios Anthrakites director of the local Gouma (later Balaneios) school. As a teacher, he initially became director of the school Epifaneios Igoumenos (1719–1734) and then the Gouma. Both schools were the most prestigious in Ioannina. Regarding the Greek language question , he supported

182-415: Was the first handbook in the field of mathematics published in Greek during the Ottoman occupation . He also wrote the following, and various other books of less significance: Balanos claimed to have solved the problem of doubling the cube , i.e. finding the cube root of 2 using ruler and compasses. He published this in Venice in 1756, and attempted to gain international recognition for his solution from

196-441: Was the intellectual uplifting and the political restoration of the Greek people. In his efforts to achieve this, he was assisted by the intelligent and religiously tolerant ruler of the region, Ali Pasha , who encouraged the education in Ioannina. Because of his progressive teaching methods, Psalidas was accused of atheism and voltairianism by conservative scholars. Soon however, the Greek Enlightenment process, in which Ioannina

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