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Christian bishop and theologian St. Augustine

Mattia Preti: Boethius and Philosophy

Statue of Averroes seated and holding a tablet, set against a historic stone wall with battlements in Cordoba, Spain.

Bronze statue of Maimonides, depicted with a beard and wearing a turban, shown from the chest up against a clear blue background.

The second founder of the Franciscans, St. Bonaventure

Albertus Magnus

St. Thomas Aquinas

John Duns Scotus

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