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  • 1PHILOSOPHY, JEWISH — This article is arranged according to the following outline: WHAT IS JEWISH PHILOSOPHY? recent histories of jewish philosophy biblical and rabbinic antecedents bible rabbinic literature hellenistic jewish philosophy philo of alexandria biblical… …

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  • 2FALAQUERA, SHEM TOV BEN JOSEPH IBN — (1223/8–after 1290), philosopher, translator, commentator, poet, and encyclopedist. Falaquera was born in Spain between 1223 and 1228; his last known work refers to events in 1290. Various etymologies have been suggested for his name, which was… …

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  • 3Wōdanaz — The 6th century Vadstena bracteate, showing a horse, a bird and a human head commonly identified as an early form of Scandinavian Odin …

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  • 4Johannes Kelpius — Infobox Person name = Johannes Kelpius image size = caption = birth name = birth date = birth date|1673|1|1|mf=y birth place = Sighişoara, Transylvania death date = Death date and age|1708|1|1|1673|1|1 death place = Germantown, Pennsylvania death …

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  • 5Kathy Acker — Infobox Writer name = Kathy Acker birthname = Karen Alexander birthdate = birth date|1947|4|18|df=y birthplace = New York City, New York, United States deathdate = death date and age|1997|11|30|1947|4|18|df=y deathplace = Tijuana, Mexico… …

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  • 6philosopher — n. 1. Searcher after truth, student of first principles, seeker of wisdom. 2. Theorist, theorizer, man of abstractions, speculator …

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  • 7Sufism — This article is part of the series …

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  • 8Frithjof Schuon — Infobox Person name = Frithjof Schuon dead = dead birth date = birth date|1907|6|18|mf=y birth place = Basel, Switzerland death date = Death date and age|1998|05|05|1907|06|18 death place = Bloomington, Indiana, U.S..Frithjof Schuon, (June 18,… …

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  • 9Idries Shah — ادریس شاه इदरीस शाह Born 16 June 1924 (1924 06 16) Simla, India Died 23 November 1996&#16 …

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  • 10literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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