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Avishai Margalit
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Avishai Margalit Avishai Margalit ( , b. 1939 in Afula , British Mandate for Palestine - today Israel ) is an Israeli Professor Emeritus in philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem .1 From 2006 to 2011, he served as the George F. Kennan Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton .
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george f
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israeli professor emeritus in philosophy at the hebrew university of jerusalem
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