[MD] philosophers stone

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[Arlo]
> http://www.sacred-texts.com/eso/sta/> opens 
> with a very MOQish (in my opinion) premise, "Man's status in the 
> natural world is determined, therefore, by the quality of his 
> thinking." (Introduction)

Also:"PHILOSOPHY is the science of estimating values.The superiority of any state or substance over another is determined by philosophy.By assigning a position of primary importance to what remains when all that is secondary has been removed,philosophy thus becomes the true index of priority or emphasis in the realm of speculative thought.The mission of philosophy a priori is to establish the relation of manifested things to their invisible ultimate causeor nature."