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Also Known As Augustinus Nyphus • Nyphus Suessanus • Niphus Suessanus • Augustinus Niphus
Born c.1473 • Italy
Died After 1538 • Salerno • Italy
Subjects Of Study Pietro Pomponazzi • immortality • philosophy • soul
Domingo Gundisalvo
Spanish philosopher
Hillel ben Samuel
Jewish physician and scholar
Marsilio Ficino
Marsilio Ficino
Italian philosopher and theologian
Plato
Plato
Greek philosopher
Mendelssohn, Moses
Moses Mendelssohn
German-Jewish philosopher and scholar
Nemesius Of Emesa
Christian bishop and philosopher
Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal
French philosopher and scientist
Pietro Pomponazzi
Italian philosopher
Edith Stein
Edith Stein
German nun
Jacques Maritain
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Cajetan
Catholic theologian
John of Saint Thomas
Portuguese philosopher
Giles of Rome
Augustinian theologian
Mercier, Désiré-Joseph
Désiré-Joseph Mercier
Belgian educator and cardinal
John of Paris
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Achillini, Alessandro
Alessandro Achillini
Italian philosopher and physician
Tommaso Campanella
Italian philosopher and poet
Vincenzo Gioberti
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Rosmini-Serbati, detail of a portrait by F. Hayez; in the Brera, Milan, Italy
Antonio Rosmini-Serbati
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Aristotle
Aristotle
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