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Enlightenment intellectuals asserted that they were totally indifferent to the past, but they owed a great deal to the thinkers of the past. |
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Contrary to what they thought about the past, Enlightenment thinkers were much influenced by those who had come before them. |
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Even though Enlightenment thinkers openly claimed that intellectually they were free from the past, they were greatly indebted to those thinkers who had preceded them. |
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The past never aroused any interest in Enlightenment intellectuals, although they were essentially inspired by the thinkers of the past. |
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Although Enlightenment intellectuals took no interest in the past, they were much involved in the study of their predecessors' ideas. |