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Wolfram von Eschenbach

Literature

1170–1220

"By common consent, Wolfram is the greatest medieval poet before Dante."

Syed Ahmed Khan

Philosophy

1817–1898

"“I believe that the Bengalis have never at any period held sway over a particle of land. They are altogether ignorant of the method by which a foreign race can maintain its rule over other races."

Walter Raleigh

Politics

1552–1618

"The world itself is but a larger prison, out of which some are daily selected for execution."

🇬🇧Walter Raleigh (professor)

Politics

1552–1618

"These Lives are the maturest and strongest of Johnson's work. It ought be a comfort to men past middle life to find Johnson, like Dryden, wrote his best prose in his latest years."