William of Moerbeke

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Also Known As	Guillaume de Moerbeke
Born	c.1215 • Belgium
Died	c.1286 • Orvieto? • Italy

Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius

Roman scholar, philosopher, and statesman

Robert Grosseteste

English bishop

Marsilio Ficino

Italian philosopher and theologian

John Scotus Erigena

Irish philosopher

Domingo Gundisalvo

Spanish philosopher

Sergius of Resaina

Syrian theologian

Nicholas Oresme

French bishop, scholar, and economist

Joost van den Vondel

Dutch writer

Salvatore Quasimodo

Italian poet

Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples

French humanist and theologian

Martin Opitz

German poet

George Of Trebizond

Byzantine humanist

Allan Bloom

American philosopher and author

Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert

Dutch author

William Painter

English author

Florent Chrestien

French author

Jules Barthélemy-Saint-Hilaire

French philosopher, statesman, and journalist

Abraham bar Hiyya

Spanish-Jewish philosopher and scientist

St. Augustine

Christian bishop and theologian

Alexander Pope

English author

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Agathon (centre) greeting guests in "Plato's Symposium" oil on canvas by Anselm Feuerbach, 1869; in the Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany.

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