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Ibn Sina, commonly known in the West as Avicenna, was a brilliant scholar who lived over a thousand years ago during a time called the Islamic Golden Age.
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Galen (born September 129 AD, died around 216 AD) was a very important Greek physician, surgeon, and philosopher. He lived during the time of the Roman Empire.
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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (born July 1, 1646 – died November 14, 1716) was a brilliant German thinker. He wrote most of his works in French and Latin.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712 – 2 July 1778) was a famous French-speaking philosopher. He was born in Geneva, Switzerland, and always said he was from Geneva.
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Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (born June 21, 1905, died April 15, 1980) was a famous French writer and thinker. He wrote plays, novels, and movie scripts.
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Avram Noam Chomsky (born December 7, 1928) is an American professor, linguist, and political thinker. He is often called "the father of modern linguistics" for his groundbreaking work on how language works.
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Rosa Luxemburg (born Rozalia Luksenburg; 5 March 1871 – 15 January 1919) was an important thinker and activist. She was a socialist and Marxist philosopher from Poland.
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Thomas Aquinas (born Tommaso d'Aquino; 1225 – March 7, 1274) was an Italian Dominican friar and priest. He was a very important philosopher and theologian.
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François-Marie Arouet (born November 21, 1694 – died May 30, 1778) was a famous French writer and thinker. He is better known by his pen name, Voltaire.
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Thomas Aquinas (born Tommaso d'Aquino; 1225 – March 7, 1274) was an Italian Dominican friar and priest. He was a very important philosopher and theologian.
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Rosa Luxemburg (born Rozalia Luksenburg; 5 March 1871 – 15 January 1919) was an important thinker and activist. She was a socialist and Marxist philosopher from Poland.
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Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (born June 21, 1905, died April 15, 1980) was a famous French writer and thinker. He wrote plays, novels, and movie scripts.
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François-Marie Arouet (born November 21, 1694 – died May 30, 1778) was a famous French writer and thinker. He is better known by his pen name, Voltaire.
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Avram Noam Chomsky (born December 7, 1928) is an American professor, linguist, and political thinker. He is often called "the father of modern linguistics" for his groundbreaking work on how language works.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712 – 2 July 1778) was a famous French-speaking philosopher. He was born in Geneva, Switzerland, and always said he was from Geneva.
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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (born July 1, 1646 – died November 14, 1716) was a brilliant German thinker. He wrote most of his works in French and Latin.
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Galen (born September 129 AD, died around 216 AD) was a very important Greek physician, surgeon, and philosopher. He lived during the time of the Roman Empire.
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Ibn Sina, commonly known in the West as Avicenna, was a brilliant scholar who lived over a thousand years ago during a time called the Islamic Golden Age.
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