OG philosopher, genious businessman, and an overall smart guy.
There's a story where he earned a lot of money by predicting how olive market will behave, which he had figured out because of the climate that year. He basically lived in a world where everything was believed an act of god, and his understanding of the fact that's not true led him to a better understanding of the world around him. He "got rich just to prove how easy it is".
Famous for idea that "everything is made of water".
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[[Pre-Socratic P.... His most notable student was Anaximander ("first people survived infancy because they developed in the belly of a fish" guy)
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Pre-Socratics are philosophers who developed original schools of thought and predated [[@Socrates]].
It's important to note that division to before and after Socrates comes not as much from the im...
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