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This week's featured author pages

Arcesilaus (315 - 240) -- Greek philosopher who championed scepticism, holding that we should suspend our beliefs and judgements

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

Washington Irving (1783 - 1859) -- early American man of letters, best known for his short stories

Roscelin (1125 - 1125) -- French scholastic philosopher and one of the earliest proponents of nominalism

Henri Benjamin Constant de Rebecque (1767 - 1830) -- a leading French liberal who criticised Rousseau and advocated representative democracy