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Also Known As Jizang
Born 549 • China
Died 623 (aged 74) • China
Founder San-lun
Subjects Of Study San-lun
Chu Hsi, ink on paper, by an unknown artist; in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Zhu Xi
Chinese philosopher
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Dong Zhongshu
Chinese scholar
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Zhou Dunyi
Chinese philosopher
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Liu Hui
Chinese mathematician
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Tao Hongjing
Chinese Daoist
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Mao Chang
Chinese scholar
Bronze statue of Maimonides, depicted with a beard and wearing a turban, shown from the chest up against a clear blue background.
Moses Maimonides
Jewish philosopher, scholar, and physician
Ramanuja statue
Ramanuja
Hindu theologian and philosopher
German theologian, scientist, and philosopher St. Albertus Magnus
St. Albertus Magnus
German theologian, scientist, and philosopher
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al-Ṭabarī
Muslim scholar
Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan
Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan
Muslim scholar
A scholar and reformer
Muḥammad ʿAbduh
Egyptian scholar and jurist
Rashi, from a French postage stamp.
Rashi
French religious scholar
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Raymond Aron
French sociologist
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Yom Ṭov Lipmann ben Nathan ha-Levi Heller
Bohemian rabbi and scholar
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Abu al-Qāsim Maḥmūd ibn ʿUmar al-Zamakhsharī
Persian scholar
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Proclus
Greek philosopher
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Jean Buridan
French philosopher and scientist
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Cajetan
Catholic theologian
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Nancy Grace
American legal commentator