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Justus of Ghent: Saint Augustine

St. Augustine

Christian bishop and theologian

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Swiss-born French philosopher

French write and Nobel laureate André Gide

André Gide

French writer

Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath

American author

De Quincey, Thomas

Thomas De Quincey

British author

Anne Sexton

Anne Sexton

American poet