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Michael Psellus

Byzantine philosopher, theologian, and statesman

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Averroës

Muslim philosopher

Philo Judaeus

Philo Judaeus

Jewish philosopher

St. Gregory of Nyssa

Saint Gregory of Nyssa

Byzantine philosopher and theologian

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Theodore Ascidas

Greek monk-theologian

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Bessarion

Byzantine theologian

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Thierry de Chartres

French theologian

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Girolamo Benivieni

Italian poet

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William Ralph Inge

British theologian

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John Italus

Byzantine philosopher

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Paul Shorey

American scholar