(1907 - 2012) ~ French-American Historian, Polymath, Scholar of the History of Ideas and Culture : French-American historian known for his studies of the history of ideas and cultural history. He wrote about a wide range of subjects, including baseball, mystery novels, and classical music, and was also known as a philosopher of education. In the book Teacher in America (1945), Barzun influenced the training of schoolteachers in the United States. (From : Wikipedia.org.)

(1866 - 1952) ~ Italian Idealist Philosopher, Historian, Politician, Philosopher, Historian, Liberal, Intellectual : An Italian idealist philosopher, historian, and politician, who wrote on numerous topics, including philosophy, history, historiography and aesthetics. In most regards, Croce was a liberal, although he opposed laissez-faire, free trade, and had considerable influence on other Italian intellectuals, including both Marxist Antonio Gramsci and Italian Fascist Giovanni Gentile. (From : Wikipedia.org.)

(1864 - 1936) ~ Spanish Essayist, Novelist, Poet, Playwright, Philosopher, Professor of Greek and Classics, and Later Rector at the University of Salamanca : A Spanish essayist, novelist, poet, playwright, philosopher, professor of Greek and Classics, and later rector at the University of Salamanca. His major philosophical essay was The Tragic Sense of Life (1912), and his most famous novel was Abel S?nchez: The History of a Passion (1917), a modern exploration of the Cain and Abel story. (From : Wikipedia.org.)

(bce55 - bce19) ~ Latin Poet, Writer of Elegies, and Mysterious Thinker Lost to History : A Latin poet and writer of elegies. His first and second books of poetry are extant; many other texts attributed to him are of questionable origins. Little is known about the life of Tibullus. There are only a few references to him by later writers and a short Life of doubtful authority. Neither his praenomen nor his birthplace is known, and his gentile name has been questioned. (From : Wikipedia.org.)

(1919 - 2006) ~ British Academic, Author, Editor, Translator, Japanologist, Emeritus Professor Of The History Of The Far East At The School Of Oriental And African Studies Of London University : British academic, author, editor, translator and Japanologist. He was Emeritus Professor of the History of the Far East at the School of Oriental and African Studies of London University. (From : Wikipedia.org.)

"'Thou Shalt Not Kill'," by Leo Tolstoy, August 8, o.s., 1900.

"The Church Is A Burden, Not A Benefit, In Social Life," by E. Haldeman-Julius.

"Ideal Labor Press, The," by Eugene V. Debs, May 1904, The Metal Worker, Source: DEBS: His Life Writings and Speeches 1908 by The Appeal to Reason newspaper, Girard, Kansas. Pages 239-244.

"Of Crimes and Punishments," by Cesare Beccaria, 1764. With a commentary attributed to Monsieur de Voltaire. Philadelphia: Printed and sold by R. Bell, next door to St. Paul's Church, in Third-Street. MDCCLXXVIII. [1778] Translated from the French by Edward D. Ingraham. Second American edition. Philadelphia (No. 175, Chesnut St.): Published by Philip H. Nicklin: A. Walker, printer, 24, Arch St., 1819.

"What's Happening In America," by Susan Sontag, published in the Partisan Review in 1966. Quoted from The Portable Sixties Reader, edited by Ann Charters, a Penguin Classics.