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This week's featured author pages

William B. Yeats (1865 - 1939) -- Irish poet, who wrote pieces of simple style related to pagan mythology. Chief proponent of the Irish Renaissance movement.

John Webster (1578 - 1626) -- leading 17th century English tragedian

Antisthenes (440 - 360) -- a student of Socrates, Antisthenes' philosophy of cynicism exerted an important influence on Diogenes

Thales (500 - 500) -- reputedly living in the sixth century BC, Thales is traditionally regarded as the first ever philosopher

William Congreve (1670 - 1729) -- English dramatist and writer of poetry in the Restoration period