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Anacharsis

Anacharsis (c. 600 BC) was a Scythian philosopher, flourished in the 6th century BC, and is known as one of the seven sages of Greece. He, in his roamings in quest of wisdom, arrived at Athens, and became the friend and disciple of Solon, but was put to death on his return home by his brother. He stands for a Scythian savant living among a civilised people, as well as for a wise man living among fools.

He had a peculiar and simple language and it is known as Scythian eloquence. He compared laws to spider's web that catches small flies and allows bigger ones to escape.

Wisdom & Quotes

  • A market is a place set apart for men to deceive and get the better of one another.
-quoted in Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers

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