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This week's featured author pagesJules Verne (1828 - 1905) -- influential French author whose novels laid the foundation for science fiction.
Melissus (440 - 440) -- philosopher of the Eleatic school
John Rawls (1921 - 2002) -- American political philosopher, whose A Theory of Justice was a profoundly influential restatement of ethics in the social contract tradition
Charles Sanders Peirce (1839 - 1914) -- American philosopher and founder of pragmatism
Ezra Pound (1885 - 1972) -- influential 20th century American poet and critic