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This week's featured author pages

John Rawls (1921 - 2002) -- American political philosopher, whose A Theory of Justice was a profoundly influential restatement of ethics in the social contract tradition

Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826) -- third president of the United States, and political philosopher who borrowed much from Locke and who argued that successful representative government was possible

Anthony Hope (1863 - 1933) -- English novelist and playwright

of Autrecourt Nicholas (1300 - 1300) -- a teacher in Paris, Nicholas' lectures anticipate some aspects of Hume's philosophy

Terence H. White (1906 - 1964) -- an inspirational author who breathes life into a classic legend.