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Modern views on Ancient Philosophy

I have run out of spaces on my fingers to count the number of speculative conjectures that litter the intellectual ground in the world today... Let's just begin with the most often parroted narrative of modern intellectuals which narrates the thought process of Ancient Philosophers and thinkers, which goes something like; "... In the old days before history was recorded, people, who were like unintelligent cavemen, saw the thunderbolt flashing in the sky. And they thought... How wonderful and awesome! It must be a God, let us worship it..." I cannot recall how many times I have heard the very same story, including from some very intelligent and educated people.  The more that I meet the people who narrate such histories, and consequently the more I learn about religion, I feel that their thought is not only uninformed, but also unfortunate, and disparaging of the glorious and learned philosophers of the past age. However, even so, it is not worth one's time to d