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René Descartes
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Søren Kierkegaard
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Pierre Charron
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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim
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Agrippa
Greek philosopher
Santayana
George Santayana
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Maimon, engraving by Wilhelm Arndt
Salomon Maimon
Jewish philosopher
Menodotus Of Nicomedia
philosopher of medicine
Lars Gyllensten
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