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Born January 27, 1808 • Ludwigsburg • Germany
Died February 8, 1874 (aged 66) • Ludwigsburg • Germany
Subjects Of Study dialectic • rationalism • religion
Johann Jakob Griesbach
German biblical scholar
Ferdinand Christian Baur
Ferdinand Christian Baur
German theologian
Johann Salomo Semler
German theologian
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
German philosopher
Rudolf Bultmann
German theologian
Joachim Wach
German-American theologian
Rudolf Otto
Rudolf Otto
German philosopher and theologian
Friedrich Schleiermacher
Friedrich Schleiermacher
German theologian
Troeltsch, Ernst
Ernst Troeltsch
German theologian
Johann Georg Hamann
German philosopher
Isaak August Dorner
German theologian
Aristotle
Aristotle
Greek philosopher
Justus of Ghent: Saint Augustine
St. Augustine
Christian bishop and theologian
Benedict de Spinoza
Benedict de Spinoza
Dutch-Jewish philosopher
Philo Judaeus
Philo Judaeus
Jewish philosopher
Emanuel Swedenborg
Emanuel Swedenborg
Swedish philosopher
Ernest Renan
French scholar
Joseph Butler
Joseph Butler
British bishop and philosopher
Uriel Acosta
Jewish philosopher
James Martineau
English theologian

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