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Frithjof Schuon

Born in Basle, Switzerland in 1907, Frithjof Schuon was the twentieth century's pre-eminent spokesman for the perennialist school of comparative religious thought. The leitmotif of Schuon's work was foreshadowed in an encounter during his youth with a marabout who had accompanied some members of his Senegalese village....[more]

Cristina Bicchieri

Robert A. Burton

ROBERT A. BURTON, M.D., graduated from Yale University and the University of California at San Francisco medical school, where he also completed his neurology residency. At age thirty-three, he was appointed chief of the Division of Neurology at Mt. Zion-UCSF Hospital, where he subsequently became Associate Chief of th....[more]

Keith Holyoak

Keith Holyoak, poet, translator of classical Chinese poetry, and cognitive scientist, was raised on a dairy farm in British Columbia, Canada. His scientific work focuses on the nature of human thinking and its basis in the brain. He has been a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, and is a Fellow of the American Associ....[more]

Peter T. Manicas

Paul K. Moser

Paul K. Moser is Professor and Chairperson of Philosophy at Loyola University Chicago. His most recent book is The Evidence for God (Cambridge University Press, Nov. 2009). The book is a sequel to The Elusive God (Cambridge University Press, 2008).

Thomas Aquinas

Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225 – 1274) was a Roman Catholic priest in the Dominican Order known for his philosophy and theology work. “Aquinas” indicates his residence – not his surname – so he is sometimes referred to as Thomas. Thomas is the father of the Thomistic school of philosophy and theology. He was the foremos....[more]

Aristotle

Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC) was a Greek philosopher who wrote about physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, dance, philosophy, psychology, logic, rhetoric, politics, government, ethics, morality, biology, botany, agriculture, and zoology. He was a student of the Classical Greek philosopher Plato and went on to te....[more]

Avicenna

One of the most brilliant Persian scholars, Avicenna, also known by his Arabic name of Ibn Sina, was an influential philosopher and physician. Born sometime around 980, Avicenna was declared a child prodigy after he memorized the Qur’an at the age of 10. By 18, he was a qualified physician, taking great pride in treati....[more]

Francis Bacon

A knight, a lawyer and philosopher among other titles, Sir Francis Bacon was born in 1561 in London, England, where he was tutored at home due to his poor health. Eventually, at age 12, he was deemed well enough to attend Trinity College where he excelled and soon caught the eye of Queen Elizabeth, who took to calling ....[more]

Roland Barthes

Born in France in 1915, Roland Barthes would go on to become one of the most revered critics of his generation. Growing up in a single parent home, Barthes learned a work ethic that would serve him well for the rest of his life. He attended the Sorbonne where he received degrees in classical literature and grammar and ....[more]