"The Astrologer who Fell into a Well" is a fable based on a Greek anecdote concerning the pre-Socratic philosopher Thales of Miletus. It was one of several...

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subsequent true claims are disbelieved. The tale concerns a shepherd boy who repeatedly fools villagers into thinking a wolf is attacking his town's flock...

Welles", p. 24: French: "Le but de cette histoire est de dire que l'homme qui déclare à la face du monde: je suis comme je suis, c'est à prendre ou à...

walked at night with his eyes focused on the heavens and, as a result, fell down a well. Thomas Aquinas, Isaac Newton, Adam Smith, André-Marie Ampère, Jacques...

peau du lion, V.21) The Astrologer who Fell into a Well (L'astrologue qui se laisse tomber dans un puits, II.13) The Bear and the Gardener (L'ours et...

outside the Porch of the King Archon as Socrates awaits his hearing. The dialogue includes the earliest reference to The Astrologer who Fell into a Well, one...

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‘Thus the man dies, who looks to the stars with drawn-back bow’. The preceding emblem had illustrated the fable of the Astrologer who Fell into a Well and...

stature as the most important astrologer in England through his social and political connections as well as going on to have an indelible impact on the future...