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'''Eugenios Voulgaris''' was an eminent nineteenth century theologian and scholar, and Archbishop of Cherson, Ukraine. He was born in Corfu, Greece in 1716 as ''' ''Eleftherios Voulgaris'' ''' and died at the age of ninety at the court of Alexander I in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1806.
He copiously wrote treatises in theology, philosophy and the sciences and greatly influenced the development of modern Greek thought, while also contributing to the perception of Western thought throughout the Eastern Christian world. He was thus one of the greatest exponents of the [[w:Diafotismos|Neohellenic Enlightenment]].
==Education==
*''About the Universe'', (Vienna, 1805).
* He also translated (but did not publish) the works of the late 17th century scholastics [[w:John Locke|John Locke]] (1632-1704), [[w:Christian Wolff (philosopher)|Christian Wolff]] (1679-1754), [[w:Voltaire|Voltaire]] (1694-1778), [[w:Jean-Baptiste du Hamel|Du Hamel]] (1624-1706), and Edmund Pourchot (1651-1734).
==See also==
* [[w:Diafotismos|Diafotismos]] at Wikipedia. (The Modern Greek Enlightenment).
* [[w:Age of Enlightenment|Age of Enlightenment]] at Wikipedia.
==Further Reading==
