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They were just philosophers—no armies, no weapons, and no gold. So why did the most powerful rulers in history fear them more than a revolution?

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00:00They were just philosophers, no armies, no weapons.
00:03So why did rulers fear them?
00:05Philosophers didn't want power.
00:07They wanted truth.
00:08And truth threatens rulers.
00:11Kings could control armies, but not ideas.
00:13That's why many philosophers were jailed, exiled, or killed.
00:18A single idea could shake an entire empire.
00:21History shows us something clear.
00:24Real power doesn't always come from weapons.
00:26Sometimes it comes from thinking.
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