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This week's featured author pages

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749 - 1832) -- German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist and philosopher

of Autrecourt Nicholas (1300 - 1300) -- a teacher in Paris, Nicholas' lectures anticipate some aspects of Hume's philosophy

Antisthenes (440 - 360) -- a student of Socrates, Antisthenes' philosophy of cynicism exerted an important influence on Diogenes

Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906) -- playwright; his works challenged the operation of his contemporary European society and revolutionised drama.

George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) -- Anglo-Irish playwright and critic