“The Preface is an excellent example of the way in which Korais philosophised and utilized philosophy. As regards the philosophical ideas of Korais he is not a pioneer thinker; basically he is popularized in a dynamic and considerable sense the social value of the actions he bequeaths“. (p.  (p. 213) “The ‘tragic’ aspect in the case of Korais was that despite his productivity and the despite the tenability and the importance of many views of his, he remained a ‘voice in the wilderness’. He continued an educational radicalism, represented by the earlier trend of Greek thinking. He also opened a channel for irrigating and revitalizing uncultivated plains. But radicalism dried up and the new channel remained dried. […] Korais contributed in the revival of Greek thinking and through it in the pursuit of independence by Greeks. (pp. 220-221)