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22519	Philosophers are revealed by their fears [Billington]
	Full Idea: To understand any philosopher, ask 'What are they afraid of?'.
	From: Ray Billington (talk [2010])
	A reaction: Yes! So... Plato - disorder. Aristotle - ignorance. Augustine - sin. Descartes - uncertainty. Spinoza - fragmentation. Leibniz - superficiality. Hume - speculation. Bentham - egotism. Kant - self-deception. Nietzsche - nihilism. Russell - imprecision.