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English poet, essayist and translator. He contributed to The Spectator and, with Richard Blackmore, produced the periodical The Lay Monk.

Chinese philosopher and statesman of the Ming Dynasty, founder of the Yangming school of Neo-Confucianism. He advocated the unity of knowledge and action, profoundly influencing East Asian philosophy.

American psychiatrist and writer. His works include "Taming the Bureaucrat," which examines the problems of bureaucracy from a psychological perspective.

Born to a poor Italian farming family, he was elected pope in 1958. During his brief reign of less than five years he achieved much and is remembered as Blessed John XXIII.

American educator and military officer. The first vice-president of Sapporo Agricultural College in Japan, famous for the quote Boys, be ambitious!

English satirist who also kept a tavern. He made his name with The London Spy, a vivid record of life in the city's back streets.

Scottish philosopher. He held the chair of logic and metaphysics at the University of Edinburgh and introduced Kantian philosophy to Britain.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

106 – · Italy

Cicero was a Roman statesman, lawyer, and philosopher, known as an influential writer in Latin literature. His works and speeches had a significant impact on the politics and law of the Roman Republic.

Alexander Pope

1688 – 1744 · United Kingdom

English poet. Though disabled by illness in childhood and largely self-taught, he is ranked among England's greatest poets. His works include "An Essay on Man" and "The Dunciad."

Russian ballerina who carried the beauty of ballet to audiences around the world. She was known by such epithets as 'passion,' 'the dying swan' and 'a messenger from a world of dreams.'

American meditation teacher and writer. Through lectures, books and meditation practice she teaches ways of working with the mind; her best-known book is The Heart of Meditation.

Greek philosopher who first used the term atom. He argued that the world consists of indivisible atoms moving through empty space.