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Also Known As Étienne-Henry Gilson
Born June 13, 1884 • Paris • France
Died September 19, 1978 (aged 94) • France
Subjects Of Study Middle Ages
Jacques Maritain
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John of Paris
French theologian
Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell
British logician and philosopher
Hatano Seiichi
Japanese scholar
Edith Stein
Edith Stein
German nun
Agostino Nifo
Italian philosopher
Cajetan
Catholic theologian
John of Saint Thomas
Portuguese philosopher
Giles of Rome
Augustinian theologian
Mercier, Désiré-Joseph
Désiré-Joseph Mercier
Belgian educator and cardinal
Bartolomé de Medina
Spanish theologian
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Swiss-born French philosopher
René Descartes
René Descartes
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Voltaire
Voltaire
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Gabriel Marcel
Gabriel Marcel
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Michel Foucault
Michel Foucault
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Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal
French philosopher and scientist
Dimitry Levitzky: portrait of Denis Diderot
Denis Diderot
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Wassily Kandinsky: Painting with Green Center
Wassily Kandinsky
Russian-born artist
Jean Le Rond d'Alembert.
Jean Le Rond d’Alembert
French mathematician and philosopher

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