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This week's featured author pages

Ivan Turgenev (1818 - 1883) -- Russian novelist and playwright; leading stylist in the genre

Joseph A. Altsheler (1862 - 1919) -- American writer whose works have been very popular with youth

Xenophanes (560 - 470) -- Pre-Socratic philosopher who was critical of traditional theology and epistemology

Marcus T. Cicero (106 - 143) -- Roman statesman whose literary and philosophical writings have been profoundly influential

William Godwin (1756 - 1836) -- English writer and philosopher, who believed that, since people acted according to reason, we could live in a society without laws