Great Throughts Treasury
This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Author Listing
Madame de Krüdener, Baroness Barbara Juliane von Krüdener
Baltic German Religious Mystic and Author
Madeleine L’Engle
American Novelist, Poet, Short Story Writer best known for novel "A Wrinkle In Time" winning the John Newbery Medal
George Leonard, fully George Burr Leonard
American Writer, Editor, and Educator who wrote extensively about education and human potential, President Emeritus of the Esalen Institute, President of the Association for Humanistic Psychology, President of ITP International, Editor of Look Magazine
Rita Levi-Montalcini
Italian Biologist, Neurologist, Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for Cell Growth Research
Yeruchem Levovitz, aka The Mashgiach
Polish Rabbi, Author, Prominent Ethics and Morals Teacher, Spiritual Leader of the Mir Yeshiva in Poland
Emmanuel Lévinas , originally Emanuelis Lévinas
Lithuanian-born French Philosopher, Ontologist, Ethicist and Talmudic Commentator
Stephen Levine
American Author, Poet and Teacher best known for work on death and dying as well as works on Theravada Buddhism
Layne Longfellow
American Social Philosopher, Motivational Speaker/Entertainer, Director of Executive Seminars for The Menninger Foundation, Vice President of Prescott College
Frederick Loomis, fully Sir Frederick Oscar Warren Loomis
Canadian General who served in the Royal Highlanders of Canada and led the 3rd Canadian Division during the last two months of the First World War
Luigi Luzzatti
Italian Political Leader and Economist, Minister of Finance, Prime Minister of Italy
Philipp Malanchthon, born Philipp Schwartzerdt
German Reformer, Collaborator with Martin Luther
Benjamin ben Moses, or Benjamin Nahawandi or Benyamin ben Moshe al-Nahawendi
One of the Greatest of the Karaite Scholars of the early Middle Ages born in Iran
Ferdinand Lassalle
German Jurist, Philosopher, Social Political Activist, Spokesman for German Socialism
Thomas Malthus, fully Thomas Robert Malthus
English Scholar, Economist, Scientist and Political Philosopher
Edward Sanford Martin
Writer, Humorist, Editor, Founder of "The Harvard Lampoon" and co-founder and First Editor of the original "Life" magazine, a position he held for 45 years, a regular contributor to "Harper's Monthly"
Alice Christiana Gertrude Thompson Meynell, born Alice Thompson
English Writer, Editor, Critic and Suffragist
Martin Luther King, Jr.
American Clergyman, Activist, African-American Civil Rights Leader, Assassinated
Robin Lakoff, fully Robin Tolmach Lakoff
American Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley
Christian D. Larson
American New Thought Leader, Prolific Author of Metaphysical and New Thought books
