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Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach (1723 - 1789) -- a determinist and atheistic materialist, Holbach comprehensively argued for his philosophical position in his Système de la nature
Amy Lowell (1874 - 1925) -- leading poet of the imagist school and a literary critic
Elizabeth B. Browning (1806 - 1861) -- a great English poet whose most famous works are love poems
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
Pythagoras (550 - 500) -- a reputed mathematician, scientist, and philosopher, about whom very little is really known