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St. Justin Martyr
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Born c.100 • Nablus • West Bank
Died c.165 • Rome • Italy
Subjects Of Study philosophy of history
Nemesius Of Emesa
Christian bishop and philosopher
St. Clement of Alexandria
Christian theologian
St. Gregory of Nyssa
Saint Gregory of Nyssa
Byzantine philosopher and theologian
Athenagoras
Greek Christian philosopher and apologist
Melito of Sardis
Greek bishop
Justus of Ghent: Saint Augustine
St. Augustine
Christian bishop and theologian
Origen
Christian theologian
St. Gregory of Nazianzus
St. Gregory of Nazianzus
Byzantine theologian
St. Irenaeus
bishop of Lyon
Philo Judaeus
Philo Judaeus
Jewish philosopher
Johann Gottfried von Herder
Johann Gottfried von Herder
German philosopher
Tertullian
Christian theologian
John Scotus Erigena
Irish philosopher
Aristotle
Aristotle
Greek philosopher
Socrates
Socrates
Greek philosopher
Plato
Plato
Greek philosopher
Domenico Ghirlandaio: St. Jerome in His Study
St. Jerome
Christian scholar
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, woodcut, 1537.
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
Roman scholar, philosopher, and statesman
Epicurus
Greek philosopher
St. Cyprian
Christian theologian and bishop [died 258]

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