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This week's featured author pages

William Godwin (1756 - 1836) -- English writer and philosopher, who believed that, since people acted according to reason, we could live in a society without laws

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 - 1864) -- American novelist whose works were an exploration of human sin, punishment and guilt.

Robert L. Stevenson (1850 - 1894) -- author of fiction works that have become legendary in children's literature.

Les Murray (1938 - 0) -- Les Murray - Australia's leading living poet

Plotinus (204 - 270) -- philosopher whose writings mark the beginning of Neoplatonism