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Also Known As	continuing education

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Martin Buber

Martin Buber

German religious philosopher

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Franz Rosenzweig

German philosopher

Albert Mansbridge, portrait by John Mansbridge (his son), 1947; National Portrait Gallery, London

Albert Mansbridge

English educator

Mortimer Adler,1989

Mortimer J. Adler

American philosopher and educator