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This week's featured author pages

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646 - 1716) -- prominent rationalist philosopher who based his metaphysics on the existence of simple immaterial substances called monads

Wilhelm Dilthey (1833 - 1911) -- German philosopher, whose contributions include the development of hermeneutics and broadening the application of Kant's philosophy

Melchior Cano (1509 - 1560) -- Spanish theologian

Jean Babtiste Racine (1639 - 1699) -- Master of French classical tragedy

Christopher Marlowe (1564 - 1593) -- English playwright