Yes Niccolo Machiavelli, Thomas Hobbes, Rene Descartes, Charles-Louis de, Secondat Montesquieu, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel were all ancient Roman philosophers.
My argument has never been that all those people are ancient, but that all of them fit into this very narrow definition of what a philosopher is, that overlooks a lot of really good thinkers.
That kind old lady stopped the rain for us.
She said it would only make us cold, and miserable, and sick.
We thanked her and hugged her and she walked away smiling warmly.
I miss the puddles...
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