The Maroutsaia school was sponsored by members of the Maroutsis family, successful merchants and benefactors that were active in Venice.
[1] In general he 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.
[4] Voulgaris also included John Locke's epistemology in his teaching,[4] as well as translations of works of Gottfried Leibniz and Christian Wolff.
[2] 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.
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.