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This week's featured author pages

Wilhelm Dilthey (1833 - 1911) -- German philosopher, whose contributions include the development of hermeneutics and broadening the application of Kant's philosophy

Vitoria Francisco de (1480 - 1546) -- best remembered for his arguments for a system of international law based on natural law

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

Mary Shelley (1797 - 1851) -- novelist of the Romantic period, best remembered for her novel Frankenstein

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