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This week's featured author pagesFrancis Herbert Bradley (1846 - 1924) -- eminent British philosopher, who straddles the traditions of British empiricism and German idealism
Tzu Lao (500 - 500) -- Influential Chinese philosopher who founded Taoism
Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982) -- Russian-born American novelist, who developed in her fiction a philosophy based on objectivism, which promoted rational self-interest, unregulated capitalism, and absolute individualism
Joseph A. Altsheler (1862 - 1919) -- American writer whose works have been very popular with youth
Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821 - 1881) -- Russian author of great repute whose ability allowed him to portray complex behaviours with insight and sensitivity.