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This week's featured author pages

William Morris (1834 - 1896) -- British writer, craftsman, and typographer

Pythagoras (550 - 500) -- a reputed mathematician, scientist, and philosopher, about whom very little is really known

William Whewell (1794 - 1866) -- Cambridge philosopher of science

Augustine (354 - 430) -- medieval philosopher, influenced primarily by Platonism, and who in turn profoundly influenced the doctrines of the Church

Friedrich Engels (1820 - 1895) -- a member of the working-class movement, Engels wrote on philosophy, politics, and history, often in collaboration with Karl Marx