Cambridge University / Princeton University / Edge Foundation / /
Person
Marilyn Monroe / Richard Jeffries / John Hadfield / George Santayana / Albert Camus / Clive Bell / Charles Scribner / Rebecca West / Francis Collins / Gerard Manley Hopkins / William Wordsworth / Henry Thoreau / William Rothenstein / Brian Eno / Jacques Barzun / George Herbert / John Brockman / Steven Pinker / Philip Thody / Gregg Easterbrook / Edward Hulton / Ellen Conroy Kennedy / Robert Browning / Geoffrey Miller / Bradley E. Schaefer / Picasso / Nelson Mandela / Douglas Hofstadter / Christ / Because God / Richard Jefferies / /
Position
blind watchmaker / loveable artist / Pharaoh / critic / Scientist / human artist / author / King / artist / /
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