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Born	c.1170 or c.1185 • England
Died	1245 • Paris • France

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English philosopher

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English philosopher

John Wycliffe

John Wycliffe

English theologian

Richard Hooker, engraving by E. Finden after a print by W. Hollar.

Richard Hooker

English theologian

The second founder of the Franciscans, St. Bonaventure

Saint Bonaventure

Italian theologian

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Antony Flew

English philosopher

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Isaac Of Stella

English philosopher and theologian

Joseph Butler

Joseph Butler

British bishop and philosopher

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Francis Of Meyronnes

French philosopher

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British philosopher and theologian

Samuel Clarke, detail of a portrait by John Vanderbank; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Samuel Clarke

English theologian and philosopher

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Arthur Collier

British philosopher

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John Baconthorpe

English theologian and philosopher

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Frederick Robert Tennant

British philosopher and theologian

William Paley

William Paley

British philosopher and priest

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John Sergeant

English Roman Catholic priest

Inge, William Ralph

William Ralph Inge

British theologian

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James Martineau

English theologian

Justus of Ghent: Saint Augustine

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Christian bishop and theologian

St. Thomas Aquinas

St. Thomas Aquinas

Italian Christian theologian and philosopher

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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