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English author, Oxford philologist, and creator of Middle-earth who developed a sophisticated theory of mythopoeia — the human sub-creative impulse — arguing that myth-making is humanity's highest creative act as creatures made in the image of a Creator.
British author and Oxford professor of Anglo-Saxon — creator of Middle-earth — author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings — who created the modern high fantasy genre and the most influential fictional world in literary history.
Flemish humanist and philologist who founded Neo-Stoicism — the 16th century revival of Stoic philosophy — through De Constantia (1584), arguing that Stoic constancy is the appropriate response to the political chaos of the religious wars of his time.
British philosopher and author (1898-1997), a central figure in the Inklings alongside C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Developed an original philosophy of consciousness evolution through the study of language history, drawing on Rudolf Steiner's anthroposophy. Lewis called him his wisest and best friend.