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(äl-färä´b ) (KEY) , d. 950, Islamic philosopher. He studied in Baghdad and later flourished in Aleppo as a sufi mystic (see Sufism). He died in D...
(r n ´ d kärt´) (KEY) , Lat. Renatus Cartesius, 1596–1650, French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist, b. La Haye. Descartes’ methodology...
(zhäk´ d r´´r dä´) (KEY) , 1930–2004, French philosopher, b. El Biar, Algeria. A graduate of the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, he taugh...
(d j´ n z p l ´n ) (KEY) , 5th cent. B.C., Greek philosopher. An eclectic, he reverted to the Milesian tradition of a century earlier in seeking ...
(gôt´l p fr ´g ) (KEY) , 1848–1925, German philosopher and mathematician. He was professor of mathematics (1879–1918) at the Univ. of Jena. Fre...
( n s´´ d ´m s) (KEY) , Greek skeptic philosopher, fl. probably 1st cent. B.C. Thought to be a native of Knossos, Crete, he taught in Alexandria. A...