“Many have rehashed the great works of Plato, and coming forward to the 20th century even Napoleon Hill gave us rehashed woo-woo when he replicated Wallace D. Wattles.”

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This reads as a complaint about repetition dressed up as originality. It points to a suspicion that later writers often recycle older ideas without enough new thought, and it draws a line between borrowing and empty imitation. It lands when someone is reading familiar advice or self-help language and senses that the core ideas have been repackaged more than once.

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About Stephen Richards

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Stephen Richards is an author who writes in the self-help genre. His first book, published in 1998, was a true crime title for Mirage Publishing. He has since worked with other writers as well, and his later focus has shifted toward mind, body, and spirit subjects. He is especially associated with books on Cosmic Ordering and mind power. His work moves from true crime into self-help and related spiritual and personal development topics, reflecting that change in focus.

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