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Neoplatonist Greek philosopher Porphyry.

American rock musician Ted Nugent.

Food

Porphyry & Ted Nugent

Depiction of Greek philosopher Plato.

Black and white photograph of Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud with cigar.

Medicine

Plato & Sigmund Freud

American magician Harry Houdini.

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Night

Harry Houdini & SimpliSafe Message Board

Black and white image of English philosopher and political theorist John Stuart Mill.

Education

John Stuart Mill & Betsy DeVos

Painting of a woman with pale, fluffy hair wearing a dress with a large brooch

Bald gray-bearded man in a suit with his hand under his chin looking to the left

Migration

Marie-Thérèse of France & Ashraf Ghani

Philanthropy

Edward III & Carol Liu

Color portrait of English essayist, dramatist, and journalist Richard Steele.

Black and white photograph of social reformer and pacifist Jane Addams.

Youth

Richard Steele & Jane Addams

Memory

Louis-François Ramond & Homesick Candles

Engraving of Pliny the Elder.

Italian artist, engineer, and scientist Leonardo da Vinci.

Water

Pliny the Elder & Leonardo da Vinci

Photograph of English novelist Charles Dickens.

Spies

Charles Dickens & Edward Snowden

Black and white photograph of Mencken looking over his shoulder at the camera

r/Ask Reddit

Friendship

H.L. Mencken & r/Ask Reddit

Photograph of German literary critic Walter Benjamin.

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Arts & Letters

Walter Benjamin & Andy Warhol

Photo of stone Aristotle statue face

Painted portrait of English philosopher Jeremy Bentham.

About Money

Aristotle & Jeremy Bentham

Jonathan Swift

Discovery

Jonathan Swift & Thomas S. Kuhn

Education

Theodore Dwight Weld & Chinese Communist Party