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It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself. - Epicurus

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Another well known and influential Greek Philosopher who had many interesting ideas and has been studied since

Author Keywords: Philosopher

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Martin Heidegger, Rabindranath Tagore, George Berkeley, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Deepak Chopra

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