{"id":1306,"date":"2010-02-06T06:28:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-06T06:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1306"},"modified":"2010-02-06T06:28:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-06T06:28:00","slug":"who-is-your-ancient-philosopher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1306","title":{"rendered":"Who is Your Ancient Philosopher?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I took the quiz and came up with Epicurus, who is truly &#8220;the most misunderstood philosopher of antiquity.&#8221;&nbsp;&nbsp; Watch a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dT-eHdLbgeQ&amp;feature=player_embedded\">short video about him<\/a>.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/goog_1265416087966\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.markvernon.com\/quiz\/my-philosophy-guru\/\">Take the My Philosophy Guru test yourself<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I took the quiz and came up with Epicurus, who is truly &#8220;the most misunderstood philosopher of antiquity.&#8221;&nbsp;&nbsp; Watch a short video about him. 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