Konstantinos I. Despotopoulos

He was born in Smyrna on February 8, 1913. Following the destruction, he and his family eventually settled in Athens. He graduated from the First Gymnasium of Athens with top honors. He completed his university studies while working and his doctoral thesis was unanimously approved with distinction. He taught philosophy of law or general philosophy at the University of Athens, the University of Nancy in France, and Panteion University of Athens. He was a foreign associate of the Romanian Academy and the Academy of Marseille. He served twice as Minister of Education, in 1989 in the Grivas Government and in 1990 in the Zolotas Government. He was honored with high distinctions by the Presidents of the Republic of Greece, France, and Italy. He was President of the Academy in 1993. He authored 32 books on topics of philosophy, philology, history, and politics. His most notable work is "Philosophy of Law," where the branch of philosophy known as praxeology is developed, providing a foundation for the restructuring of the legal system. His works on Plato and Aristotle are also exceptional, as well as those addressing contemporary major issues concerning the survival threats to the Greek nation or humanity, such as "Hellenic" (1998) and "Contentious Institutions and Other Topics" (1987). He passed away, having lived a full life, on February 7, 2016, one day before his 103rd birthday.