Many predominant modern philosophies in Western civilization are directly traceable to Zoroastrianism through (1) the Greek philosophers Plato, Aristotle, and Zeno, (2) the Roman Stoics, (3) the Manicheans and Saint Augustine of Hippo in the Third Century A.D., (4) the Albigensians of Southern France and Spain in the early Middle Ages, (5) the Italian scholastic philosopher Thomas Aquinas in the 13th century A.D., (6) the Jansenists of France in the 17th century, and (7) the Puritans in England and its American colonies during the 16th and 17th centuries. ... Principled and brilliant Greek...

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The famous Greek philosopher Aristotle once said, "It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.... Thoreau, King, and Zinn all addressed the political ideas of protecting the civil rights of an individual from the injustices of one's government and laws. ...

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