A DECISION MADE MORE EASILY WHEN MATURE THAN YOUNG —“Aristotle, it will be rec

A DECISION MADE MORE EASILY WHEN MATURE THAN YOUNG

—“Aristotle, it will be recalled, remarked that the philosopher Thales proved the usefulness of philosophy by gaining a monopoly on the oil and wine presses so that when the bumper season arrived, having himself studied all the signs of nature, all the unlearned growers had to pay him handsomely to use his presses. But as he did not want the money, being a philosopher, he was just illustrating that the philosopher was poor because he chose to be, because his time was better spent on other things. The philosopher knew something about music and about business, but he was not a musician or a businessman.”—