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Also Known As Jizang
Born 549 • China
Died 623 (aged 74) • China
Founder San-lun
Subjects Of Study San-lun
Chu Hsi, ink on paper, by an unknown artist; in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Zhu Xi
Chinese philosopher
Dong Zhongshu
Chinese scholar
Zhou Dunyi
Chinese philosopher
Liu Hui
Chinese mathematician
Tao Hongjing
Chinese Daoist
Mao Chang
Chinese scholar
Moses Maimonides
Moses Maimonides
Jewish philosopher, scholar, and physician
Ramanuja
Ramanuja
Hindu theologian and philosopher
St. Albertus Magnus
St. Albertus Magnus
German theologian, scientist, and philosopher
al-Ṭabarī
Muslim scholar
Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan
Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan
Muslim scholar
Muḥammad ʿAbduh
Muḥammad ʿAbduh
Egyptian scholar and jurist
Patrick Buchanan
Pat Buchanan
American journalist and politician
Rashi, from a French postage stamp.
Rashi
French religious scholar
Raymond Aron
French sociologist
Abu al-Qāsim Maḥmūd ibn ʿUmar al-Zamakhsharī
Persian scholar
Yom Ṭov Lipmann ben Nathan ha-Levi Heller
Bohemian rabbi and scholar
Proclus
Greek philosopher
Jean Buridan
French philosopher and scientist
Cajetan
Catholic theologian