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
Eugene O'Neill, fully Eugene Gladstone O'Neill
Irish American Playwright, Nobel Laureate in Literature
Fritz Perls, fully Friedrich "Fritz" (Frederick) Salomon Perls
German-born Psychiatrist and Psychotherapist of Jewish Descent, Founder of Gestalt Therapy
United Technologies Corporation NULL
Published "The Most Creative Job In The World" in the Wall Street Journal
Walt Rostow, fully Walt Whitman Rostow, aka W.W. Rostow
American Economist and Political Theorist, Special Assistant for National Security Affairs
W. H. Murray, fully William Hutchinson Murray
Scottish Mountaineer, Explorer, Adventurer and Writer
Baron de Montesquieu, fully Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu
French Philosopher, Political Thinker and Social Commentator
Helen Knothe Nearing
American "back-to-the-landers" who wrote with her husband Scott Nearing about the "good life."
National Academy of Sciences NULL
Signed into being by President Abraham Lincoln to "investigate, examine, experiment and report upon any subject of science or art" for the government
Tai-shang Kan-Ying Pien (Treatise of the Exalted One on Response and Retribution) NULL
A Text on Taoist Morality published in 1906 by an unknown author. Life is lengthened or shortened according to one's conformity to the rules and advice offered.
H. F. Rall, fully Harris Franklin
American President of Iliff School of Theology, Professor of Practical Theology
Richard H. Rice, fully Richard Henry Rice
American Mechanical Engineer, Inventor, Founder of Rice & Sargent Engine Company
Clement Francis Rogers
English Theologian, Pprofessor of Pastoral Theology at King's College, London
Shantananda Saraswathi, fully Swami Shantananda Saraswathi, born Chandrashekar
Indian Hindu Author, Spiritual Teacher, Yogan, Founder of Temple of Fine Arts, Disciple of Swami Sivananda Saraswathi
Saint Paul, aka The Apostle Paul, Paul the Apostle or Saul of Tarsus NULL
Turkish Christian Missionary, Most Influential Apostle whose writings form a considerable part of the New Testament
Periander, aka Periander The Great NULL
Greek Tyrant of Corinth, One of the Seven Sages of Greece
Nachman of Breslov, aka Reb Nachman Breslover or Bratslav, Nachman from Uman NULL
Ukrainian Rabbi, Chasidic Leader, Great-grandson of the Baal Shem Tov, Founder of the Breslov Hasidic Movement
Pliny the Elder, full name Casus Plinius Secundus NULL
Roman Author, Naturalist, Natural Philosopher, Naval and Army Commander
Posidonius, aka Posidonius of Rhodes or Posidonius of Apameia (meaning "of Poseidon") NULL
Greek Stoic Philosopher, Politician, Astronomer, Geographer, Historian, Polymath and Teacher, his work only exists in fragments today
Plotinus NULL
Greek Philosopher, Theorized three principles: the One, the Intellect and the Soul
Madame Riccoboni, fully Marie Jeanne de Heurles Laboras de Mezières Riccoboni, maiden name Laboras de Mezières
Italian Novelist
