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Born c.1400
Died c.1480
Subjects Of Study Aristotelianism • Judaism
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Averroës (Ibn Rushd)
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Moses Maimonides
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Ḥasdai ben Abraham Crescas
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Abraham bar Hiyya
Spanish-Jewish philosopher and scientist
Joseph Albo
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Ibn Falaquera
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Aristotle
Aristotle
Greek philosopher
Martin Buber
Martin Buber
German religious philosopher
Philo Judaeus
Philo Judaeus
Jewish philosopher
The Canon of Medicine
Avicenna
Persian philosopher and scientist
Ernest Renan
French scholar
Judah ha-Levi
Hebrew poet
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, woodcut, 1537.
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
Roman scholar, philosopher, and statesman
Alasdair MacIntyre
Alasdair MacIntyre
Scottish-born philosopher
Franz Rosenzweig
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Saʿadia ben Joseph
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St. Albertus Magnus
St. Albertus Magnus
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Mendelssohn, Moses
Moses Mendelssohn
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