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Albert of Saxony (philosopher)
German theologian and philosopher (c.1320-1390)
Alcuin
8th century English scholar, clergyman, poet, and teacher
al-Farabi
10th century Islamic philosopher and jurist
Avempace
Arab-Andalusian polymath
Averroes
Andalusian Muslim polymath (1126–1198)
Boethius
Roman senator and philosopher of the early 6th century
Cheng Hao
Chinese philosopher
Cheng Yi (philosopher)
Chinese philosopher
Duns Scotus
Scottish Franciscan friar, philosopher and Catholic blessed
Francesc Eiximenis
Spanish philosopher
Hasdai Crescas
Spanish philosopher
Heloise
French nun, philosopher, writer, scholar, and abbess
Ibn Tufayl
Arab Andalusian Muslim polymath
Jean Buridan
Medieval philosopher
John Philoponus
Byzantine philologist and philosopher (c. 490–c. 570)
John Scotus Eriugena
Irish Catholic philosopher and theologian (c. 800 – c. 877)
Lu Jiuyuan
Chinese scholar
Marsilius of Inghen
Dutch philosopher
Nicole Oresme
French philosopher
Peter Abelard
French scholastic philosopher, logician, and theologian (c.1079-1142)
Prabhākara
Indian philosopher
Robert Grosseteste
13th-century Bishop of Lincoln and philosopher
Roger Bacon
Medieval philosopher and theologian
Thomas Aquinas
Italian Dominican theologian and philosopher (1225–1274)
Vāchaspati Misra
Indian philosopher
Wang Yangming
Chinese philosopher and general
William of Ockham
English Franciscan friar and theologian (c.1287–1347)
Zhang Zai
Chinese philosopher, essayist, politician, writer, and cosmologist (1020-1077)
Zhou Dunyi
Chinese philosopher
Zhu Xi
Chinese historian, philosopher, poet and politician (1130–1200)