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Immanuel Kant: Philosopher of Ogboni

A philosopher of Ògbóni is a person whose ideas are correlative with those of the  various  Yoruba origin esoteric fraternities  which are variants of   Ògbóni  or its other form,  Òṣùgbò  even though s uch a person is not known to be a member of   Ògbóni  or  Òṣùgbò  and does not even mention these groups in their work. An Ògbóni philosopher , on the other hand,  is a member of Ògbóni   or  Òṣùgbò   who presents a body of ideas giving insight into Ògbóni values.   I developed those characterizations in the course of constructing  a new school of Ògbóni, the Universal Ògbóni Philosophy and Spirituality, as I describe in " Developing Universal Ògbóni Philosophy and Spirituality: My Journey ". In my earlier writings, I have identified Wole Soyinka and Babatunde Lawal, two scholars, along with Soyinka being an imaginative writer in poetry, drama and fiction, who are philosopher s  of Ògbóni, inspired by and projecting Ògbóni, directly   and indirectly.   I have also described Su