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</html><description>Why study the ancient philosophers? Most scholars know that they lived under the ancient ideas of multiple gods who were not the one true God. So what is the point of their philosophy? As one student wrote, &#x201C;Socrates lived long ago. He gave long speeches, so his friends poisoned him.&#x201D; His long &#x201C;speeches&#x201D; were philosophical [&hellip;]</description><thumbnail_url>http://aletheiabaptistministries.org/Blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/From-the-Catbird-Seat-1024x1024.png</thumbnail_url><thumbnail_width>1024</thumbnail_width><thumbnail_height>1024</thumbnail_height></oembed>
