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This week's featured author pages

Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach (1723 - 1789) -- a determinist and atheistic materialist, Holbach comprehensively argued for his philosophical position in his Système de la nature

Sinclair Lewis (1885 - 1951) -- American novelist and nobel laureate, whose naturalistic style was very influential

Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 - 1894) -- physician, who wrote the "Breakfast-Table" series of essays

William Makepiece Thackeray (1811 - 1863) -- nineteenth century British novelist

Lucretius (95 - 52) -- Roman poet who attempted to popularise Epicurean philosophy

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