Literary Library

William E. Kaufman

by Angela Beck
December 28, 1932 - American conservative rabbi, philosopher, theologian and authorAuthor of "Contemporary Jewish Philosophies", "The Case for God"...
Author Conservative Jewish Jewish Rabbi Jewish-American Jews Philosopher Philosophy Rabbi Religion Religious Theologian

Mortimer J. Adler

by Angela Beck
December 28, 1902 - June 28, 2001American philosopher, educator, encyclopedist, author and professorAuthor of "Diagrammatics", "How to Read a Book...
Author Educate Education Educator Encyclopedia Philosopher Philosophy Professor Teach Teacher University

Warren Felt Evans

by Angela Beck
December 23, 1817 - September 4, 1889American philosopher, writer and ministerAuthor of "The Mental Cure (Illustrating the Influence of the Mind i...
Church Minister Philosopher Philosophy Preach Preacher Writer

Ayn Rand

by Angela Beck
February 2, 1882 - March 6, 1982 Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright and essayist Author of "Anthem", "The Fountainhead" and "Atlas...
American Broadway Essayist Essays Liberarian Novel Novelist Objectivism Philosopher Philosophy Play Plays Playwright Russia Russian Theater Theatre

Yevgeny Zamyatin

by Angela Beck
February 1, 1884 - March 10, 1937 Russian author of science fiction, philosophy, literary criticism and political satire Author of "The Islanders"...
Author Literary Critic Philosopher Philosophy Political Satirist Russia Russian Russian History Sci-Fi Science Fiction

Edip Yuksel

by Angela Beck
December 20, 1957 - Kurdish-American activist and writer of books on religion, politics, philosophy and lawAuthor of 20 books including "Manifesto...
Activist Islam Islamic Kurd Kurdish Kurds Law Lawyer Nonfiction Philosopher Philosophy Political Politics Quran Religion Religious Writer

Paracelsus

by Angela Beck
December 17, 1493 (or November 11?) - September 24, 1541Swiss physician, alchemist, lay theologian and philosopherAuthor of "A Book of Nymphs, Syl...
Alchemist Doctor Medicine Philosopher Philosophy Physician Swiss Switzerland Theologian Toxicology

George Santayana

by Angela Beck
December 16, 1863 - September 26, 1952Spanish-born American philosopher, essayist, poet, novelist and professorAuthor of "The Sense of Beauty: Bei...
Essayist Essays Novel Novelist Philosopher Philosophy Poem Poems Poet Poetry Professor Spain Spanish Teach Teacher University

Truman G. Madsen

by Angela Beck
December 13, 1926 - May 28, 2009American professor of religion and philosophy and writerAuthor of "Four Essays on Love", "Defender of the Faith: Th...
Brigham Young University BYU Philosopher Philosophy Professor Religion Teach Teacher University Writer

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

by Angela Beck
December 11, 1918 - August 3, 2008Russian novelist, philosopher, historian, short story writer and political prisonerAuthor of "One Day in the Li...
Historian Historical Fiction history Imperial Russia Nobel Prize Novel Novelist Philosopher Philosophy Political Political Prisoner Russia Russian Russian History Short Story

Noam Chomsky

by Angela Beck
December 7, 1928 - American linguist, professor, philosopher, historian, political activist and social criticAuthor of over 150 books including "P...
Historian history Language Languages Linguist Philosopher Philosophy Political Political Activist Politics Professor Social Critic Teach Teacher University

Thomas Carlyle

by Angela Beck
December 4, 1795 - February 5, 1881Scottish historian, philosopher, mathematician, essayist and satiristAuthor of "Sartor Resartus", "The French R...
Essayist Essays Historian history Math Mathematician Mathematics Philosopher Philosophy Satire Satirist Scotland Scottish