Yuval Noah Harari is an Israeli medievalist, military historian, public intellectual, and popular science writer.

Marcus Aurelius (April 26, 121 CE – March 17, 180 CE) was a Roman Emperor (161–180 CE) born into a wealthy patrician family in Rome. Raised by his mother and paternal grandfather after his father's death, he is best known for his *Meditations*, a series of private writings on Stoic philosophy that remain a key source for understanding ancient Stoicism.

The School of Life is a British multinational publishing and education company founded in 2008 by British author and public speaker Alain de Botton.

Jonathan David Haidt is an American social psychologist and author.

Born in Nagasaki and raised in Britain from the age of five, **Sir Kazuo Ishiguro** has emerged as one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary literature.