Slave of Isis Wrote:
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> Aristotle (-384 to -322) wrote that the Druids
> were the first philosophers of the world,
> corroborating the earlier opinion of Pythagoras
> (-582 to -507) that they were the wisest men ever.
> Iamblichus (d.-326) stated that Pythagoras had
> been "initiated into the ancient wisdom" during
> his stay amongst the Druids. The Druids originated
> from amongst the Celts, for Pliny the Elder
> records that "the barbarous Celts learnt the cult
> of the oak from the refined Greeks".

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