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Also Known As El-al ben Shachar
Born c.1220
Died c.1295
Subjects Of Study Moses Maimonides • immortality • philosophy • soul
Mendelssohn, Moses
Moses Mendelssohn
German-Jewish philosopher and scholar
Agostino Nifo
Italian philosopher
Plato
Plato
Greek philosopher
Domingo Gundisalvo
Spanish philosopher
Marsilio Ficino
Marsilio Ficino
Italian philosopher and theologian
Maimon, engraving by Wilhelm Arndt
Salomon Maimon
Jewish philosopher
Pietro Pomponazzi
Italian philosopher
Ibn Falaquera
Jewish philosopher
Martin Buber
Martin Buber
German religious philosopher
Judah ha-Levi
Hebrew poet
Franz Rosenzweig
German philosopher
Moritz Lazarus, 1892
Moritz Lazarus
Jewish philosopher and psychologist
Moses ben Samuel ibn Tibbon
Jewish physician and translator
Aaron David Gordon
Russian author and philosopher
Joseph Albo
Spanish philosopher
Aristobulus Of Paneas
Jewish philosopher
Jacob Anatoli
French philosopher
Leone Modena
Italian rabbi and writer
Aristotle
Aristotle
Greek philosopher
Socrates
Socrates
Greek philosopher

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