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Artist Unknown
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Padua, Republic of Venice (Padua, Italy)
Date:
1695
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To the princes and the honored ones, rulers of the people, the members of the charitable association in the ghetto of the holy community of Venice, may their Rock and Redeemer protect those who…
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Leone Modena
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
1619
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I have realized, and my attention has been drawn to the fact that many people say that the salvation of women is not on the same level as that of men, for their [women’s] knowledge is limited. They…
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Gedaliah Ibn Yaḥya
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ca. 1550
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Solomon ben Abraham Avigdor, Artist Unknown
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16th Century
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Socrates’ defence was very carefully heard in the presence of the Academicians in the public assembly over a few days, and it produced no little disquiet in the minds of the judges, whose minds turned…
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Simone Luzzatto
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
1651
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To the Most Serene Great Prince of Etruria, Hero and Admirable Man, Cosmo the Third
To the Most Serene Great Prince.
In this era of ours, Most Serene Great Prince, when the various branches of…
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Atzlan ben Abraham al-Karaji, Jacob Rosales
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Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (Florence, Italy)
Date:
1654
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[ . . . ] Since, therefore, Thou hast favored me with kindness and hast crowned me with honor and glory and Thou hast made me worthy of knowing a bit of the science of medicine, therefore I wish to…
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Rembrandt van Rijn, Jacob Tsahalon
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Rome, Papal States (Rome, Italy)
Date:
1665
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All nations have been subject, in their authors, as in all other things, to significant important changes. Inclinations, needs, and the relations of their subjects change, as do the passions of the…
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Benedetto Frizzi
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Trieste, Habsburg Empire (Trieste, Italy)
Date:
1787–1790
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To Professor Cesare Lombroso in Turin. Most esteemed and dear teacher!
I dedicate this book to you, in order to express aloud that I would not have been able to write this…
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Max Nordau
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Kingdom of Italy (Italy, Italy)
Date:
1896
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Here, dear reader, is a prayer for you that I composed to be recited on the first night—before your permitted intercourse, by virtue of the marriage canopy, wedding ceremony, and marriage contract…
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Pinḥas Barukh Monselice
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Ferrara, Papal States (Ferrara, Italy)
Date:
Second Half of the 17th Century