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This week's featured author pages

Zeno of Citium (334 - 262) -- founder of the Hellenistic school of Stoic philosophy

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

Herbert Spencer (1820 - 1903) -- evolutionist, an advocater of Social Darwinism, and originator of sociology

Jules Verne (1828 - 1905) -- influential French author whose novels laid the foundation for science fiction.

Amy Lowell (1874 - 1925) -- leading poet of the imagist school and a literary critic