One year, Thales made a fortune with his knowledge. Of course, this statement may have the meaning of fabrication. He knew that there would be a bumper harvest of olives in Athens that year, so he rented all the olive presses in the village.
So he took the opportunity to raise the monopoly price and made a handful of money, which proved that a philosopher and a wise man had more important things to do, and he was more willing to pursue and make money. If he wants to make money, he can earn more than others, but he has more important things to do.
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Thales was born into a noble family. He was a Phoenician descendant, a famous figure in the Greek world at that time, and ranked among the "Seven Sages".
Thales, the consul of Athens, was listed as the "Seven Sages" with Solon and others, and was respected by people. He is not only politically clever, but also the first famous philosopher and scientist in western history.
His students, anaximander and Anaximenis, together with him, formed the first philosophical school in the West-Miletus School.
Miletus is in what is now Turkey, at the mouth of the sea. Herodotus, a Greek historian, said many times: "Miletus is the overlord of the sea." In this developed communication, Thales was influenced by ancient cultures such as Babylon and Egypt and learned a lot of astronomical knowledge. He combined Egypt's knowledge of geometry with Babylon's knowledge of astronomy and started Greek astronomy.
Plato described a story in "Tyades", saying that Thales observed the night sky very intently. He looked up at the stars and moved while watching, without paying attention to his feet. As a result, he stepped on the air and fell into the well.
His slave saw it and said, "master, you only care about the empty sky, but you don't care about the reality under your feet." But this incident shows Thales' spirit of concentration and unremitting pursuit. How can a slave understand?
Thales didn't have much time to get rich in business like others, because he devoted himself to studying knowledge, trying to understand the mysteries of nature, and spent most of his time thinking and calculating. Thales was once poor and despised.
Once, he was walking in the street in shabby clothes, and a rich businessman in the market shouted to him, "Hey! Dear Mr Thales, what's the use of philosophy and knowledge? You see, you know astronomy above and geography below, and you are so knowledgeable that you are not poor in the end. Without gold and bread, you are a fool. "
Thales was very angry and said to them, "You are the real fools. I am absorbed in studying deeper mysteries, without your confused mind. "
In 585 BC, it is said that a huge war broke out between Lydia and the Medes living in Antoine Plateau (now the Turkish Plateau). The war lasted for 30 years and the people were miserable.
Thales hates cruel wars. He took advantage of people's ignorance of knowledge of nature and came up with a way. He said to the armies, "God is angry at your war. He wants to make the sun lose its luster to warn you." .
Sure enough, the solar eclipse came as scheduled, and the soldiers were so scared that they dropped their weapons and ran for their lives. Commanders were also frightened by this scene. After the eclipse, the two sides signed a peace treaty and agreed never to fight. Thales ended a war with his wisdom.
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