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Martin Buber
Martin Buber
German religious philosopher
Franz Rosenzweig
German philosopher
Albert Mansbridge, portrait by John Mansbridge (his son), 1947; National Portrait Gallery, London
Albert Mansbridge
English educator
Mortimer Adler,1989
Mortimer J. Adler
American philosopher and educator