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Also Known As Terricus Carnotensis • Theodoricus Carnotensis • Thierry the Breton • Brito
Born c.1100 • Chartres • France
Died c.1150 • France
Subjects Of Study Platonism • metaphysics
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Philo Judaeus
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Johann Gottfried von Herder
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St. Gregory of Nyssa
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Marsilio Ficino
Marsilio Ficino
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Vincenzo Gioberti
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Suárez, Francisco
Francisco Suárez
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Theodore Ascidas
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Michael Psellus
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Henry Longueville Mansel
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ad-Damīrī
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Inge, William Ralph
William Ralph Inge
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Jean Leclerc
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Johann Jakob Herzog
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René Descartes
René Descartes
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John Calvin
John Calvin
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