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Born c.1400
Died c.1480
Subjects Of Study Aristotelianism • Judaism
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Aristotle
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Greek philosopher
Martin Buber
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The Canon of Medicine
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Ernest Renan
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Judah ha-Levi
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Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, woodcut, 1537.
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Alasdair MacIntyre
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