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Also Known As Shemtob ben Joseph ibn Falaquera • Shemtob ben Joseph ibn Palquera
Born c.1225 • Spain
Died c.1295
Subjects Of Study Moses Maimonides • philosophy
Judah ha-Levi
Hebrew poet
Maimon, engraving by Wilhelm Arndt
Salomon Maimon
Jewish philosopher
Hillel ben Samuel
Jewish physician and scholar
Moses Maimonides
Moses Maimonides
Jewish philosopher, scholar, and physician
Ḥasdai ben Abraham Crescas
Spanish philosopher
Bahya ben Joseph ibn Pakuda
Jewish philosopher
Abraham ben David Halevi ibn Daud
Jewish physician and historian
Abraham bar Hiyya
Spanish-Jewish philosopher and scientist
Joseph Albo
Spanish philosopher
Joseph ben Shem Tov ibn Shem Tov
Jewish philosopher and physician
Statue of Averroës (Ibn Rushd)
Averroës
Muslim philosopher
Martin Buber
Martin Buber
German religious philosopher
Philo Judaeus
Philo Judaeus
Jewish philosopher
Ernest Renan
French scholar
Ibn Gabirol
Ibn Gabirol
Jewish poet and philosopher
Franz Rosenzweig
German philosopher
Santayana
George Santayana
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Saʿadia ben Joseph
Jewish exegete and philosopher
Mendelssohn, Moses
Moses Mendelssohn
German-Jewish philosopher and scholar
Emmanuel Lévinas
French philosopher

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