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title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">Albert Heinekamp</a>, </span> <span class="count">13 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL7425280A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von</a>, </span> <span class="count">12 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL2492570A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">Wenchao Li</a>, </span> <span class="count">11 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL112912A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">Bertrand Russell</a>, </span> <span class="count">7 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL133909A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">Yvon Belaval</a>, </span> <span class="count">7 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL151139A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">Ludwig Feuerbach</a>, </span> <span class="count">7 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL18074A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">Immanuel Kant</a>, </span> <span class="count">6 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL2132840A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">Dietrich Mahnke</a>, </span> <span class="count">6 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL3242213A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">Martial Guéroult</a>, </span> <span class="count">6 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL5484465A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">Hans Poser</a>, </span> <span class="count">6 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL116256A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">T. S. Eliot</a>, </span> <span class="count">5 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL136072A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">Hans Heinz Holz</a>, </span> <span class="count">5 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL1727713A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">Carl Günther Ludovici</a>, </span> <span class="count">5 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL18969A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">John Dewey</a>, </span> <span class="count">5 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL4184349A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">Joseph Hofmann</a>, </span> <span class="count">5 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL5081047A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">Maria Rosa Antognazza</a>, </span> <span class="count">5 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL696862A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">Couturat, Louis</a>, </span> <span class="count">5 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL7330800A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">Paul Rateau</a>, </span> <span class="count">5 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL755266A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">Jean Baruzi</a>, </span> <span class="count">5 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL116711A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">Emile Boutroux</a>, </span> <span class="count">4 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL1191049A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">Marcelo Dascal</a>, </span> <span class="count">4 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL1218799A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">Klaus D. 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