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People travelled far and wide in search of answers, learned from others and came up with new ways of understanding the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCurious to know what on earth they were thinking? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow you can walk down the winding path of philosophy from 700 BCE to recent times, discovering the wisdom and teachings of 45 great thinkers, philosophers and reformers of India. 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