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Henri Bergson
Henri Bergson
French philosopher
Alasdair MacIntyre
Alasdair MacIntyre
Scottish-born philosopher
John Austin
English jurist
Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
William Edward Hartpole Lecky
Irish historian
Jeremy Collier
English bishop
Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues
French author
Edward Westermarck
Finnish sociologist
Moscherosch, detail from an engraving
Johann Michael Moscherosch
German satirist
Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher
Roemer Visscher
Dutch poet

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