Richard Rudolf Walzer, FBA (14 July 1900 in

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– 16 April 1975 in

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) was a

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-born

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scholar of

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and of

Arabic philosophy Islamic philosophy is philosophy that emerges from the Islamic tradition. Two terms traditionally used in the Islamic world are sometimes translated as philosophy—falsafa (literally: "philosophy"), which refers to philosophy as well as logi ...

. ''Education:'' Werner-Siemens-Realgymnasium, Berlin-Schöneberg;

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Career

* Assistant (1927), Privatdocent in Classics (1932), Frederick William University of Berlin, 1927–1933 * Lecturer in Greek Philosophy, University of Rome, 1933–1938 * Lecturer in Mediaeval Philosophy (Arabic and Hebrew) (1942), Senior Lecturer in Arabic and Greek Philosophy (1950),

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, 1942–1962 * Honorary Professor, University of Hamburg, 1952 * Member,

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, 1953–1954 * Fellow, Reader in Arabic and Greek Philosophy

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, 1962–1970 * He was elected a Fellow of the

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in 1956.

References

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