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Painting of a man in a broad-brimmed hat holding a pipe in his mouth

Diego Rivera

(1886 - 1957)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

(1882 - 1945)

Portrait of Swiss-born philosopher, writer, and political theorist Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

(1712 - 1778)

Engraving of a man looking at the heavens and writing on a tablet

Jan van Ruysbroeck

(c. 1293 - 1381)

French author the Marquis de Sade.

Marquis de Sade

(1740 - 1814)

Black and white image of Roman philosopher and statesman Seneca the Younger.

Seneca the Younger

(4 BC - 65)

Painting of a man with shoulder-length curly hair wearing a white square collar

Benedict de Spinoza

(1632 - 1677)

Statue depicting Roman orator and historian Tacitus.

Tacitus

(56 - c. 120)

Photograph of Astra Taylor by Isabella De Maddalena

Astra Taylor

Portrait of Alexis de Tocqueville wearing a black suit and standing in front of a chair.

Alexis de Tocqueville

(1805 - 1859)

Portrait of communist theorist and agitator Leon Trotsky.

Leon Trotsky

(1879 - 1940)

Desmond Tutu

Desmond Tutu

Black and white photograph of a young Mark Twain with dark hair.

Mark Twain

(1835 - 1910)

Yvonne Vera

(1964 - 2005)

Black and white photograph of a man in a turban with his arms crossed

Vivekananda

(1863 - 1902)

Alice Walker

Black-and-white photograph of a young man wearing a coat and tie

Robert Walser

(1878 - 1956)

Wanyan Jinchi

(c. 1770 - c. 1840)

Black and white photograph of French mystic, philosopher, and activist Simone Weil.

Simone Weil

(1909 - 1943)

Illustration of a woman wearing a bonnet and writing with a quill at a desk

Phillis Wheatley

(c. 1753 - 1784)

Curtis White

Photograph of a seated white-haired man in a white T-shirt

Edmund White

American poet, journalist, and essayist Walt Whitman.

Walt Whitman

(1819 - 1892)

Sepia colored photo of Oscar Wilde sitting on a rock with a book in his hand

Oscar Wilde

(1854 - 1900)