古希腊著名的七哲之一泰勒斯非常贫穷,因为他把常贫穷,因为他把时间和精力都花费在思考哲学问题上了。于是人们就此指责说,他的贫穷说明了哲学的无用。为了反驳这种看法,有一年冬天,泰勒斯运用他的知识预见到了明年橄榄将要大丰收,就用自己仅有的一点钱做押金,把所有的橄榄榨油 Thales, one of the seven famous ancient Greek philosophers, was very poor because he often impoverished because he devoted his time and energy to thinking about philosophy. As a result, people blamed it for saying that his poverty illustrates the uselessness of philosophy. To disprove this view, one winter, Thales used his knowledge to foresee the next year the olive will be a bumper harvest, use only their own deposit as a deposit, all the olive oil