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al-Ṭabarī

Muslim scholar

Ramanuja

Hindu theologian and philosopher

Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan

Muslim scholar

Debendranath Tagore

Hindu philosopher

Jnanadeva

Indian poet

Haribhadra

Indian author

Candrakīrti

Buddhist scholar

Moses Maimonides

Jewish philosopher, scholar, and physician

Zhu Xi

Chinese philosopher

St. Albertus Magnus

German theologian, scientist, and philosopher

Muḥammad ʿAbduh

Egyptian scholar and jurist

Rashi

French religious scholar

Dong Zhongshu

Chinese scholar

Zhou Dunyi

Chinese philosopher

Liu Hui

Chinese mathematician

Raymond Aron

French sociologist

Abu al-Qāsim Maḥmūd ibn ʿUmar al-Zamakhsharī

Persian scholar

Yom Ṭov Lipmann ben Nathan ha-Levi Heller

Bohemian rabbi and scholar

Proclus

Greek philosopher

Jean Buridan

French philosopher and scientist