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Xenocrates (396 - 314) -- Greek philosopher who systematised Platonism and defended it against Aristotle

Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936) -- English writer, noted for his fiction set in India and Burma during British rule

Nicolas Malebranche (1638 - 1715) -- French philosopher who developed the theory of occasionalism in response to the Cartesian mind-body problem

Franz Brentano (1838 - 1917) -- German philosopher who, building on Aristotle and from an empirical standpoint, developed a philosophy which was a forerunner to phenomenology

Sir Thomas More (1477 - 1535) -- English statesman and writer