Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg

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Born	November 30, 1802 • Eutin • Germany
Died	January 24, 1872 (aged 69) • Berlin • Germany

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Jean Le Rond d’Alembert

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American philosopher and educator

Simone de Beauvoir

French writer

Sir Leslie Stephen

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Henry Longueville Mansel

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James Mark Baldwin

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Justus Lipsius

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José Ortega y Gasset

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Pierre Laromiguière

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Paul Shorey

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Immanuel Kant

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