Olympiodorus The Younger

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Flourished	c.501 - 600
Subjects Of Study	Plato

Albinus

Greek philosopher

Proclus

Greek philosopher

Alexander Of Aphrodisias

Greek philosopher

Andronicus Of Rhodes

Greek philosopher

Simplicius Of Cilicia

Greek philosopher

Ammonius Hermiae

Greek philosopher

Gennadios II Scholarios

patriarch of Constantinople

Athenagoras

Greek Christian philosopher and apologist

Damascius

Greek philosopher

Asclepigenia

Greek philosopher

Plutarch of Athens

Greek philosopher

Eusebius of Myndus

Greek philosopher

Moses Maimonides

Jewish philosopher, scholar, and physician

Ramanuja

Hindu theologian and philosopher

Chu Hsi, ink on paper, by an unknown artist; in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan

Zhu Xi

Chinese philosopher

St. Albertus Magnus

German theologian, scientist, and philosopher

Marsilio Ficino

Italian philosopher and theologian

Dong Zhongshu

Chinese scholar

Zhou Dunyi

Chinese philosopher

Jean Buridan

French philosopher and scientist

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Agathon (centre) greeting guests in Plato's Symposium, oil on canvas by Anselm Feuerbach, 1869; in the Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany.

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