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Great Thinkers Feature Writer: Tel Asiado

Featuring ideas and major works of great thinkers: philosophers - Plato, Aristotle, Rousseau, Voltaire, Kant, Foucault, Locke, Machiavelli, Sartre, Proust, Beauvoir, Fayol, Confucius; scientists & inventors - Faraday, Marie Curie, Einstein, Copernicus, Edison, Newton; writers & authors - Shakespeare, Milton, Woolf, Maupassant, Tolstoy; explorers & pioneers - J. Cook, Lindbergh; composers - Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert; artists - van Gogh, Matisse, Goya; innovators - Da Vinci, Freud, Jung; historians; teachers - Boulanger, Montessori; impresario - Sergei Diaghilev, Cousteau; business & management gurus - Drucker, Fayol; and world leaders.

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Feature Writer Articles in Great Thinkers

George Gamow and Big Bang Theory
A short biography of scientist George Gamow, with focus on his "Big Bang" theory of how the universe was created.
Friedrich Engels Biography
Brief biography, philosophy and work of German socialist, writer, and political theorist Friedrich Engels, known for dialectical materialism, and disciple of Karl Marx.
Biography of Stendhal (Marie-Henri Beyle)
Brief biography of novelist Marie-Henri Beyle, known by pen name Stendhal, famous for novels The Red and the Black and The Charterhouse of Parma.
Mary Shelley Biography
This article is a biography of novelist Mary Shelley, English horror writer famous for Frankenstein and wife of poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Voltaire's Candide and Other Works
Voltaire's life works and brief biography, famous for many satires including his best known Candide, and Philosophical Letters.


Contributing Articles in Great Thinkers

Rudolf Steiner and Anthroposophy
A look at Rudolf Steiner's development of anthroposophy and the construction of the Goetheanum
Anna Jameson Traveler, Art Historian
Governess, art historian, inveterate traveler Anna Jameson conveyed her many interests through her 19th century writings.
The Early Life of Rudolf Steiner
A look at the early life, works and philosophical influences of the enigmatic founder of anthroposophy and the Waldorf education movement.
Walking on Water by Madeleine L'Engle
Madeleine L'Engle, the author of several novels, children's fantasy books, and memoirs, reflects on the intersection of her faith in God and her work as an artist.
Pascal's Wager
Blaise Pascal offered those who cannot find God through reason a means that helped them reasonably live as though He exists.
Educational Contributions of Leo Tolstoy
Though known best for his novels, Leo Tolstoy also made significant contributions to educational practices through his research and writings about how children learn.
Love Quotes for Valentine's Day or Anytime
There are countless ways to tell a person how much he or she is loved, especially if one borrows from the masters of poetry and prose.
Thales of Miletus
He was an astronomer, an engineer, a speculative thinker, and one of the earliest of Greek philosophers, whose names remains synonymous with wisdom...
Leo Tolstoy's Educational Philosophy
Leo Tolstoy promoted the need for community supported education where children are free to chose what and when to learn.
Educational Efforts of Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy was a driving force behind educational changes in Russia by challenging ideas of who and how to teach.
Creative Thinking with Albert Einstein
Many creative people can turn their hand to numerous tasks and jobs.
Margaret Laurence and The Diviners
Margaret Laurence, one of Canada's most honored and respected writers faced controversies related to censorship of The Diviners.
Margaret Laurence Biography
Jean Margaret Laurence nee Wemyss, one of Canada's most revered writers, presented a wonderful depth of feelings in her characters such as Morag in The Diviners.
Charles Darwin's Letters
The letters of Charles Darwin, author of the Origin of Species, can be viewed free online, allowing the reader an intimate access to his family and scientific life.
Mystical Experiences of Divine Consciousness
Exploring the mystical visions of poets, saints, seers of traditions and finding their common thread.

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