The unique case of philosopher & his business

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The father of philosophy 

Many consider Thales, who lived around 6th century B.C in Miletus city, to be the father of philosophy.

Philosopher & business 

An interesting story about his business acumen is mentioned by Aristotle in his book the Politics. Thales knew astronomy. He studied the stars and predicted that there would be a great harvest of olives next year.

He had little money. He gave deposits to all the oil pressing units in the town and booked it in advance for the next year. He got those bookings at a very low price because no one knew about the knowledge he had about the harvest.

As predicted the coming year had great olive harvest. Everyone wanted the oil pressing units. But it was all booked by Thales. Thales earned a fortune out of it by lending it out at good prices.


But Thales never considered business as his profession. For him Philosophy  was what excited him more.

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