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This week's featured author pages

Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662) -- prominent as a physicist and mathematician, Pascal is remembered in philosophy for his writings on human nature and theology

of Autrecourt Nicholas (1300 - 1300) -- a teacher in Paris, Nicholas' lectures anticipate some aspects of Hume's philosophy

Moses Marsilius (1280 - 1342) -- Italian philosopher who argued for a model of popular government

Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906) -- playwright; his works challenged the operation of his contemporary European society and revolutionised drama.

Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936) -- English writer, noted for his fiction set in India and Burma during British rule