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Seyyed Hossein Nasr (1933- )
Iranian-born Islamic scholar and orientalist, author of such books as Hermes and Hermetic Writings in the Islamic World, Three Muslim Sages: Avicenna, Suhrawardi, Ibn Arabi, Encounter of Man and Nature, Sufi Essays, Islam and the Plight of Modern Man, Islamic Life and Thought.

 

 

 

 

 

John G. Neihardt (1881-1973)
American writer, whose poetry and prose focused on the American West and Native American life. Best known for recording the oral biography, Black Elk Speaks.

 

 

 

 

 

Erich Neumann (1892-1948)
Czech-born Jungian scholar, author of numerous books on the history of consciousness, including The Great Mother  and The Origins and History of Consciousness

 

 

 

 

 

Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1726)
English mathematician and physicist, a major figure in the Scientific Revolution. Explain Newtonian here.

 

 

 

 

 

Nicholas of Cusa (1401-64)
German cardinal, mathematician, and philosopher.

 

 

 

 

 

Marjorie Hope Nicolson (1894-1981)
American educator and literary/historical scholar, author of The Microscope and the English Imagination, Mountain Gloom and Mountain Glory, and other works.

 

 

 

 

 

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)
Controversial German classical philologist and philosopher, author of The Birth of Tragedy (1872), The Gay Science (1882), Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883), Beyond Good and Evil (1886), and The Will to Power (1888). Spent the last eleven years of his life in a mental hospital.

 

 

 

 

 

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Anais Nin (1903-1977)
French writer of fiction and erotica, a member of Henry Miller's circle of friends and artists, best known for her multi-volume diary.

 

 

 

 

 

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Novalis (1772-1801)
Pseudonym of Friedrich Leopold, Freiherr von Hardenberg. Early Romantic German poet, whose writings were a major influence on the young Owen Barfield.