George Stuart Fullerton

"from a desire of knowledge has, philosophizing, journeyed through many lands."

"philosopher" (etymologically, a lover of wisdom),

he described himself as a philosopher, and said that his business was an investigation into the nature of things.

But for centuries the philosopher has not been simply the investigator, nor has he been simply the lover of wisdom.

The Greek historian Herodotus

Greek philosopher Thales

"all things are full of gods."

"the infinite and indeterminate";

all-embracing air.

This wonder disappears, however, when one realizes that the appearance of these thinkers was really a momentous thing.