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I do not know whether there are gods, but there ought to be.

Diogenes

Greek Philosopher

Died: 323 BC

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Ought, Know, Gods, Whether

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Aristotle, Democritus, Epictetus, Epicurus, Heraclitus, Plato, Plutarch, Socrates

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