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

Alexis de Tocqueville

(1805 - 1859)

Black and white photograph of Russian author Leo Tolstoy.

Leo Tolstoy

(1828 - 1910)

Black and white photograph of Russian poet Marina Tsvetaeva.

Marina Tsvetaeva

(1892 - 1941)

John Updike

(1932 - 2009)

Usama Ibn Munqidh

(1095 - 1188)

Colorized engraving of Voltaire wearing a wig.

Voltaire

(1694 - 1778)

Wang Wei

(701 - 761)

Photograph of German sociologist and political economist Max Weber.

Max Weber

(1864 - 1920)

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)

American poet, journalist, and essayist Walt Whitman.

Walt Whitman

(1819 - 1892)

Chinese philosopher Xunzi.

Xunzi

(c. 300 BC - 230 BC)

French author Émile Zola.

Émile Zola

(1840 - 1902)