Plotinus-The Ennead
Hobbes-Leviathan
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'And the great deadly serpent Superstition, bred of fear and ignorance, keeps watch on the treasure of knowledge. Only he who has slain the serpent and knows not fear can bestride Odin's horse and ride through the wall of fire; only he who wields Odin's sword can draw near to that sleeping might and beauty, and sunder the stifling links of mail, and show the divine face to men.'
'To be a philosopher,you must first be a Spinozist; if you have not Spinozism, you have no philosophy at all' Hegel
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