A NEW EARTH Characters - Alphabetical

FIRST NAME LAST NAME DESCRIPTION Albert Camus French philosopher, author, and journalist. Winston Churchill Former British Prime Minister. René Descartes Founder of modern philosophy. Albert Einstein German-born theoretical physicist. Hakuin Ekaku Zen Master. Most influential figures in Japanese Zen Buddhism. T.S. Eliot Poet, essayist, publisher, playwright, and social critic. Ralph Waldo Emerson American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, and poet. Stephen Hawking English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author. Adolf Hitler German politician and leader of the Nazi Party. James Joyce Irish novelist, poet, teacher, and literary critic. Carl Jung Swiss psychiatrist. Founded analytical psychology. Franz Kafka Bohemian Jewish novelist and short story writer. Genghis Khan Founder and first Great Khan of the Mongol Empire. J. Krishnamurti The great Indian philosopher and spiritual teacher. Friedrich Nietzsche German philosopher, poet, philologist, scholar. George Orwell English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic. John Paul II Former head of the Catholic Church. Pol Pot Cambodian revolutionary and politician. Jean Paul Sartre French philosopher, novelist, political activist, and literary critic. William Shakespeare English poet, playwright and actor. Jane Smith Accountant, forty five years old, divorced, mother of two. Joseph Stalin Georgian revolutionary and Soviet politician. Lao Tzu Ancient Chinese philosopher and writer. Vincent van Gogh Dutch painter. Augustine   Roman African, early Christian theologian and philosopher. Buddha   Monk, philosopher and teacher. Aka: Gautama Siddhartha. Ekido   One of the Zen monks. Ethel   Girl who escaped Nazi Germany when she was an adolescent. Hafiz   Persian poet and Sufi master. Jesus   Jewish preacher and religious leader. Kasan   Zen teacher and monk. Mahakasyapa   One of the principal disciples of Gautama Buddha. Solomon   King of Israel. Aka: Jedidiah. Taci   Roman philosopher. Tanzan   One of the Zen monks.