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This week's featured author pages
James M. Barrie (1860 - 1937) -- Scottish dramatist and novelist whose work is characterised by his unique view of life.
Olive Schreiner (1855 - 1920) -- South African writer and political activist
third Earl of Shaftesbury (1671 - 1713) -- originally Anthony Ashley Cooper, Shaftesbury coined the phrase 'moral sense' to describe his philosophy of emphasising the emotional component of morality
Richard Harding Davis (1864 - 1916) -- American writer and journalist
Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach (1723 - 1789) -- a determinist and atheistic materialist, Holbach comprehensively argued for his philosophical position in his Système de la nature
