Gongsun Long

Gongsun Long

male
Gongsun Long (ca. 325–250 BC) was a member of the Logicians school of ancient Chinese philosophy. He also ran a school and enjoyed the support of ru...
Sylvain Cossette

Sylvain Cossette

male
Sylvain Cossette is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Grand-Mère, Mauricie, Quebec. Sylvain along with his brother François, Denis Lavigne and Je...
Wisława Szymborska

Wisława Szymborska

female, 86 years old
Wisława Szymborska, Poland) is a Polish poet, essayist and translator. She is the 1996 laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature. In Poland, her b...
Melissus Of Samos

Melissus Of Samos

Melissus of Samos was a Samian statesman and naval commander who also contributed to philosophy, and bore influence upon the atomism of Leucippus...
Peter Wessel Zapffe

Peter Wessel Zapffe

male, deceased (1990)
Peter Wessel Zapffe was a Norwegian author and philosopher. He was born in Tromsø and was well known for his somewhat pessimistic view of human e...
Conrad Busken Huet

Conrad Busken Huet

male, deceased (1886)
Conrad Busken Huet (December 28, 1826, The Hague - 1 May, 1886, Paris), was a Dutch literary critic. He was trained for the Church, and, after...

William George Ward

male, deceased (1882)
William George Ward (March 21, 1812 - July 6, 1882) was an English Roman Catholic theologian whose career illustrates the development of religious...

Juan Donoso Cortés

male, deceased (1853)
Juan Donoso Cortés, marqués de Valdegamas, Spanish author and diplomatist, was born at Valle de la Serena (Extremadura). He studied law at Se...
Georg Johannesen

Georg Johannesen

male, deceased (2005)
Georg Johannesen (February 22 1931 - December 24 2005) was a Norwegian author and professor of rhetoric. He was born in Bergen. His dissertation...
Agostinho Da da Silva

Agostinho Da da Silva

male, deceased (1994)
George Agostinho Baptista da Silva, <small>GCSE</small>;, pron., (Porto, February 13 1906 - Lisbon, April 3 1994), was a Portuguese philosopher,...