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This week's featured author pagesFriedrich Engels (1820 - 1895) -- a member of the working-class movement, Engels wrote on philosophy, politics, and history, often in collaboration with Karl Marx
Anthony Trollope (1815 - 1882) -- nineteenth century British novelist
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805) -- great German dramatist and lyric poet, who was also an accomplished philosopher and historian
Marcus T. Cicero (106 - 143) -- Roman statesman whose literary and philosophical writings have been profoundly influential
Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519) -- celebrated Renaissance artist, architect, and scientist