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* Thomas Hobbes (5 April 1588 – 4 December 1679): An English philosopher whose best known work, ''Leviathan'', argued for a strong state to control a destructive human nature he perceived. Without it, he felt existence was "nasty, brutish, and short."
* Creator/SamuelTaylorColeridge (1772 – 1834): English poet.
* Creator/SamuelTaylorColeridge (1772 – 1834): English poet.
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* Thomas Hobbes (5 April 1588 – 4 December 1679): An English philosopher whose best known best-known work, ''Leviathan'', argued for a strong state to control a destructive human nature he perceived. Without it, he felt existence was "nasty, brutish, and short."
* Creator/SamuelTaylorColeridge (1772 – 1834): Englishpoet.Romantic poet. He and Wordsworth were considered to be responsible for leading the Romantic
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* Creator/CharlesPerrault (January 12, 1628 - May 16, 1703): Credited creating the genre of ''Fairy Tale'' when he published ''Tales and Stories of the Past with Morals (Histoires ou Contes du Temps passe)'' in 1697 with the subtitle ''Tales of Mother Goose (Les Contes de ma Mere l'Oie)''.
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* Creator/CharlesPerrault (January 12, 1628 - May 16, 1703): Credited for creating the genre of ''Fairy Tale'' when he published ''Tales and Stories of the Past with Morals (Histoires ou Contes du Temps passe)'' in 1697 with the subtitle ''Tales of Mother Goose (Les Contes de ma Mere l'Oie)''.
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* Rene Descartes (31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650): Mathematician and philosopher famed for his theory of dualism, in which he held the soul met the body at the [[PinealWeirdness pineal gland]], and for the saying which summed up the proof he offered of self-existence: "I think, therefore I am."
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* Rene René Descartes (31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650): Mathematician and philosopher famed philosopher, considered to be one of the leading figures of modern philosophy and science. Famed for his theory of dualism, in which he held sought to show that the soul met the and body at are separate and distinct, yet closely joined. His first principle of philosophy is the [[PinealWeirdness pineal gland]], and for the saying which summed up the proof he offered of self-existence: saying: "I think, therefore I am." am", seeking to provide certainty of knowledge in the face of radical doubt, showing that we cannot doubt our existence even while doubting.
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* Blaise Pascal (19 June 1623 – 19 August 1662): Mathematician, scientist, philosopher, and theologian. Known for laying the foundation for probability theory and proposing what is called "Pascal's law" (which stated that, in a fluid at rest in a closed container, a pressure change in one part is transmitted without loss to every portion of the fluid and to the walls of the container). He is perhaps best known for his ''Pensées'', a collection of fragments meant to provide a defense of the Christian faith, showing that it is the only religion that successfully addresses the human condition. It is also the work from which his wager stems.
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* Creator/JohannWolfgangVonGoethe (1749 - 1832): Often claimed to be most important German language author. Wrote many poems, ''Literature/TheSorrowsOfYoungWerther'' and an important adaptation of ''Theatre/{{Faust}}''. Many phrases originating in his works found their way into everyday German language.
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* Creator/JohannWolfgangVonGoethe (1749 - 1832): Often claimed to be the most important German language author. Wrote many poems, ''Literature/TheSorrowsOfYoungWerther'' and an important adaptation of ''Theatre/{{Faust}}''. Many phrases originating in his works found their way into everyday German language.
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* Creator/GiacomoCasanova (1725-1798), a Venetian libertine, spy, and a diplomat who is the TropeNamer for, TheCasanova. Wrote a {{Doorstopper}} memoir, ''The History of My Life'', that covers the life of the eighteen century Italy and his promiscuous experiences.
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* Creator/GiacomoCasanova (1725-1798), a Venetian libertine, spy, and a diplomat who is the TropeNamer for, TheCasanova. Wrote a {{Doorstopper}} memoir, ''The History of My Life'', that covers the life of the eighteen century Italy and his promiscuous experiences.
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* Creator/{{Seneca}}: Stoic philosopher and political animal who served as Nero's conscience and common sense, at least until Nero got tired of him.
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* UsefulNotes/BartolomeDeLasCasas (November 11 1484 - July 18, 1566): Best known as the [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartmen best known]] of the defenders of the indigenous during the conquest of America. Wrote a rather embellished chronicle about it.
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* UsefulNotes/BartolomeDeLasCasas (November 11 1484 - July 18, 1566): Best known as the [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartmen best known]] of the defenders defender of the indigenous during the conquest of America. Wrote a rather embellished chronicle about it.
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* Sir Creator/ThomasMallory (c. 1405 - March 14, 1471): English. Compiler or author of ''Literature/LeMorteDarthur'', generally regarded as the foundation of modern Arthurian tales.
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* UsefulNotes/BartolomeDeLasCasas (November 11 1484 - July 18, 1566): Best known as the [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartmen best known]] of the defenders of the indigenous during the conquest of America. Wrote a rather embellished chronicle about it.
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* Creator/JohnDonne (January 22, 1572 – March 31, 1631): English. Poet and cleric of the Church of England best known for his Holy Sonnets.
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* Creator/MadameDAulnoy (Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d'Aulnoy; 1650/1651-January 14, 1705): She wrote 24 literary fairy tales in her lifetime. A key pioneer in the genre as we know it today — in fact, she was the one to give it the name "Fairy Tale" (or "Contes des Fees" in her native French)-. Her works aren't as well known today as some of her contemporaries, but they introduced countless tropes inextricably linked with the modern images of fairy tales: The Power of Love, Beauty Equals Goodness, Fairy Godmothers and Fairy Devilmothers, even Prince Charming himself.
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* Creator/JohnWebster (c. 1580 – c. 1632): English. Author of the revenge tragedies ''The White Devil'' and ''The Duchess of Malfi''.
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* Creator/JeanRacine (Jean-Baptiste Racine) (22 December 1639 – 21 April 1699): Playwright, primarily a tragedian. Considered to be one of the three greatest playwrights in 17th-century France, alongside Moliere and Pierre Corneille. Best known for ''Phèdre'', ''Andromaque'', and ''Athalie''.
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* Creator/AnnRadcliffe (1764 – 1823): English author of [[GothicHorror Gothic fiction]].
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* Creator/HenryFielding (1707 – 1754): English novelist and playwright. Best known for ''Literature/TheHistoryOfTomJonesAFoundling''.
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* Creator/DanielDefoe (1660 – 1731): English. Best known for ''Literature/RobinsonCrusoe''.
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* Creator/SamuelTaylorColeridge (1772 – 1834): English poet.
* Creator/WilliamWordsworth (1770–1850): English Romantic poet.
* Creator/WilliamWordsworth (1770–1850): English Romantic poet.
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* Creator/EzraTheScribe: Ezra is credited with compiling [[Literature/TheBible the Torah]] in its final form, as well as writing (what else?) the Book of Ezra.
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* Creator/EzraTheScribe: Ezra is credited with compiling [[Literature/TheBible the Torah]] in its final form, as well as writing (what else?) the Book of Ezra.Literature/BookOfEzra.
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* Plutarch (46 AD - 120): Late Greek biographer living under the Roman Empire who wrote ''Literature/ParallelLives'' of prominent Greeks and Romans, ranging from the legendary Theseus and Romulus to Gaius Julius Caesar, Cicero, and Alexander the Great. More or less invented the biography and a key influence on Creator/WilliamShakespeare.
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* Plutarch Creator/{{Plutarch}} (46 AD - 120): Late Greek biographer living under the Roman Empire who wrote ''Literature/ParallelLives'' of prominent Greeks and Romans, ranging from the legendary Theseus and Romulus to Gaius Julius Caesar, Cicero, and Alexander the Great. More or less invented the biography and a key influence on Creator/WilliamShakespeare.
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* Creator/GeoffreyOfMonmouth (c. 1100 - c. 1155): [[/index]] Author of the ''Literature/HistoriaRegumBritanniae,'' which includes one of the earliest accounts of Myth/KingArthur, as well as much of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's source material. Mixed fiction/legend with history quite freely. [[index]]
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* Creator/GeoffreyOfMonmouth (c. 1100 - c. 1155): [[/index]] Author of the ''Literature/HistoriaRegumBritanniae,'' which includes one of the earliest accounts of Myth/KingArthur, as well as much of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's source material. Mixed fiction/legend with history quite freely. [[index]]
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* Creator/ThomasAquinas (c. 1225 - March 7, 1274): Dominican priest, theologian, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church. He is one of the most influential theologians in the Christian faith. [[index]]
* Creator/DanteAlighieri (c. 1265 - September 14, 1321): Poet best known for his ''Literature/TheDivineComedy''. He did for Italian what Chaucer did for vernacular English, to the point that the French sometimes call Italian ''la langue de Dante''. He's the TropeNamer for WordOfDante, and the ''Inferno'' section of the ''Divine Comedy'' is both the TropeCodifier and Trope Namer for CirclesOfHell. [[index]]
* Creator/{{Petrarch}} (1304 - 1374): Poet and scholar, who, while disdaining the Italian language, ended up being one of its greatest writers. Credited with the invention of Humanism and the revival of Classical letters. [[index]]
* Creator/DanteAlighieri (c. 1265 - September 14, 1321): Poet best known for his ''Literature/TheDivineComedy''. He did for Italian what Chaucer did for vernacular English, to the point that the French sometimes call Italian ''la langue de Dante''. He's the TropeNamer for WordOfDante, and the ''Inferno'' section of the ''Divine Comedy'' is both the TropeCodifier and Trope Namer for CirclesOfHell. [[index]]
* Creator/{{Petrarch}} (1304 - 1374): Poet and scholar, who, while disdaining the Italian language, ended up being one of its greatest writers. Credited with the invention of Humanism and the revival of Classical letters. [[index]]
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* Creator/ThomasAquinas (c. 1225 - March 7, 1274): Dominican priest, theologian, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church. He is one of the most influential theologians in the Christian faith. [[index]]
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* Creator/DanteAlighieri (c. 1265 - September 14, 1321): Poet best known for his ''Literature/TheDivineComedy''. He did for Italian what Chaucer did for vernacular English, to the point that the French sometimes call Italian ''la langue de Dante''. He's the TropeNamer for WordOfDante, and the ''Inferno'' section of the ''Divine Comedy'' is both the TropeCodifier and Trope Namer forCirclesOfHell. [[index]]
CirclesOfHell.
* Creator/{{Petrarch}} (1304 - 1374): Poet and scholar, who, while disdaining the Italian language, ended up being one of its greatest writers. Credited with the invention of Humanism and the revival of Classical letters. [[index]]
* Creator/DanteAlighieri (c. 1265 - September 14, 1321): Poet best known for his ''Literature/TheDivineComedy''. He did for Italian what Chaucer did for vernacular English, to the point that the French sometimes call Italian ''la langue de Dante''. He's the TropeNamer for WordOfDante, and the ''Inferno'' section of the ''Divine Comedy'' is both the TropeCodifier and Trope Namer for
* Creator/{{Petrarch}} (1304 - 1374): Poet and scholar, who, while disdaining the Italian language, ended up being one of its greatest writers. Credited with the invention of Humanism and the revival of Classical letters.
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* Creator/MurasakiShikibu (c. 973 - c. 1014 or 1025):[[/index]] Author of ''Literature/TheTaleOfGenji'', Japanese noblewoman, novelist and poet. Her real name is unknown. [[index]]
* Creator/SeiShonagon (c. 966 - 1017):[[/index]] Author of ''Literature/ThePillowBook''. A lady-in-waiting of Empress Sadako, her real name is not known for certain, but most scholars believe it is Kiyohara Nagiko.[[index]]
* Creator/SeiShonagon (c. 966 - 1017):[[/index]] Author of ''Literature/ThePillowBook''. A lady-in-waiting of Empress Sadako, her real name is not known for certain, but most scholars believe it is Kiyohara Nagiko.[[index]]
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* Creator/MurasakiShikibu (c. 973 - c. 1014 or 1025):[[/index]] 1025): Author of ''Literature/TheTaleOfGenji'', Japanese noblewoman, novelist and poet. Her real name is unknown. [[index]]
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* Creator/SeiShonagon (c. 966 -1017):[[/index]] 1017): Author of ''Literature/ThePillowBook''. A lady-in-waiting of Empress Sadako, her real name is not known for certain, but most scholars believe it is Kiyohara Nagiko.[[index]]
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* Creator/MartinLuther (November 10, 1483 - February 18, 1546): [[/index]] A teacher, a monk for a time, a minister, social and political critic and a religious reformer. Writer of the Ninety-Five Theses, which inspired many different factions within the Catholic church to break away and form their own denominations. Also wrote many hymns, several socio-political commentaries on both Turkish Islamic and European Jewish communities. Also wrote [[InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt Luther's]] Large and Small Catechisms. His works would later inspire many other Protestant reformers, such as Ulrich Zwingli in Switzerland and John Calvin in France, as they formed their own churches and separated from Roman Catholicism. [[index]]
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* Creator/MartinLuther (November 10, 1483 - February 18, 1546): [[/index]] A teacher, a monk for a time, a minister, social and political critic and a religious reformer. Writer of the Ninety-Five Theses, which inspired many different factions within the Catholic church to break away and form their own denominations. Also wrote many hymns, several socio-political commentaries on both Turkish Islamic and European Jewish communities. Also wrote [[InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt Luther's]] Large and Small Catechisms. His works would later inspire many other Protestant reformers, such as Ulrich Zwingli in Switzerland and John Calvin in France, as they formed their own churches and separated from Roman Catholicism. [[index]]
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* Creator/ThomasPaine: [[/index]] ''Common Sense,'' ''The Rights of Man,'' and ''The Age of Reason,'' among other works. Famous for involvement in UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution.[[index]]
* Creator/BenjaminFranklin: Epigrammist and author[=/=]publisher of ''Poor Richard's Alamanack''. He's credited with such pithy sayings as "A penny saved is a penny earned.", "Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes. ", and "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." He was also the publisher of several newspapers over the years.
* Creator/BenjaminFranklin: Epigrammist and author[=/=]publisher of ''Poor Richard's Alamanack''. He's credited with such pithy sayings as "A penny saved is a penny earned.", "Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes. ", and "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." He was also the publisher of several newspapers over the years.
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* Creator/ThomasPaine: [[/index]] ''Common Sense,'' ''The Rights of Man,'' and ''The Age of Reason,'' among other works. Famous for involvement in UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution.[[index]]
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* Creator/BenjaminFranklin: Epigrammist andauthor[=/=]publisher author/publisher of ''Poor Richard's Alamanack''. He's credited with such pithy sayings as "A penny saved is a penny earned.", "Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes. ", and "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." He was also the publisher of several newspapers over the years.
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* Creator/AlexanderPope (1688 - 1744): [[/index]] English. Penned numerous poems, among them ''An Essay on Criticism'', ''An Essay on Man'', ''An Epistle to Arbuthnot,'' ''The Dunciad'', and ''Literature/TheRapeOfTheLock''. [[index]]
* Creator/EdmundBurke (1729 - 1797): [[/index]] Anglo-Irish. Political figure who wrote ''Reflections on the Revolution in France'' and many others. Considered by many as the father of modern political conservatism (having supported UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution but not the UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution, supporting freedom but not complete systemic overhauls based strictly on ideas). [[index]]
* Creator/EdmundBurke (1729 - 1797): [[/index]] Anglo-Irish. Political figure who wrote ''Reflections on the Revolution in France'' and many others. Considered by many as the father of modern political conservatism (having supported UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution but not the UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution, supporting freedom but not complete systemic overhauls based strictly on ideas). [[index]]
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* Creator/AlexanderPope (1688 - 1744): [[/index]] English. Penned numerous poems, among them ''An Essay on Criticism'', ''An Essay on Man'', ''An Epistle to Arbuthnot,'' ''The Dunciad'', and ''Literature/TheRapeOfTheLock''. [[index]]
''Literature/TheRapeOfTheLock''.
* Creator/EdmundBurke (1729 - 1797):[[/index]] Anglo-Irish. Political figure who wrote ''Reflections on the Revolution in France'' and many others. Considered by many as the father of modern political conservatism (having supported UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution but not the UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution, supporting freedom but not complete systemic overhauls based strictly on ideas). [[index]]
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* Creator/CaoXueqin: (c. 1715 - c. 1764); [[/index]] ''Literature/DreamOfTheRedChamber'', one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. It is believed by many to be the greatest novel written in the Chinese language. [[index]]
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* Creator/CaoXueqin: (c. 1715 - c. 1764); [[/index]] ''Literature/DreamOfTheRedChamber'', one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. It is believed by many to be the greatest novel written in the Chinese language. [[index]]
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* Creator/SamuelJohnson: English. First compiler of an English Dictionary.
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* Creator/SamuelJohnson: Creator/SamuelJohnson (1709 - 1784): English. First compiler of an English Dictionary.Dictionary.
* Creator/WilliamBlake (1757 - 1827): English poet.
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* Creator/AugustineOfHippo: Bishop, theologian, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church. He is perhaps best known for living a decadent life as a youth before eventually converting to the Christian faith. His writings helped shape western philosophy and western Christian theology.
