Philosophers and Humanists
| Name | Occupation | Place of birth | Date of birth | Date of death |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Averroes | Philosopher and physician | Córdoba | 1126 | 1198 |
| Bartolome de las Casas | Advocate of the rights of Native Americans | Seville | 1484 | 1566 |
| Antonio de Nebrija | Published the first grammar of the Spanish language in 1492 | Lebrija | 1441 | 1522 |
| Maimonides | Jewish rabbi, physician and philosopher | Córdoba | 1135 | 1204 |
| Seneca | Roman stoic philosopher and statesman | Córdoba | 4 BC | 65 AC |
| Ibn Arabi | Arab Muslim mystic and philosopher | Murcia | 1165 | 1240 |
| Ibn Hazm | Philosopher, littérateur, historian, jurist and theologian | Córdoba | 994 | 1064 |
| Qadi Iyad | Islamic jurist and theologian | Ceuta | 1083 | 1149 |
| Francisco Suarez | Philosopher and theologian, the greatest scholastic after Thomas Aquinas | Granada | 1548 | 1617 |
| Maria Zambrano | Philosopher and writer, Miguel de Cervantes Prize, Prince of Asturias Prize | Vélez-Málaga | 1904 | 1991 |
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“God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob, not of the philosophers and the learned.”
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