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This week's featured author pages

Jakob Boehme (1575 - 1624) -- German mystic

Aristophanes (385 - 450) -- Greek comedian, famous for his savage parodies and chaotic comedies.

Geoffrey Chaucer (1342 - 1400) -- English poet, before Shakespeare, whose varied work includes one of the greatest poems, The Cantebury Tales.

Mary Shelley (1797 - 1851) -- novelist of the Romantic period, best remembered for her novel Frankenstein

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