tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223491647921523119.post3996417745576162382..comments2023-11-02T02:01:47.357-07:00Comments on enriching careers: very few people know what they want to do. How not to be one of themCaroline Byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11824424146793053760noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223491647921523119.post-25246903749498358202009-06-29T12:36:16.106-07:002009-06-29T12:36:16.106-07:00thanks for the greek philosophy lesson!thanks for the greek philosophy lesson!Caroline Byrnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11824424146793053760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223491647921523119.post-10397680104107059422009-06-29T08:15:29.213-07:002009-06-29T08:15:29.213-07:00Thales came from *Miletus*. Actually, he was rathe...Thales came from *Miletus*. Actually, he was rather impressive; apart from pretty much inventing the idea of thinking about oneself, he was the first Western European recorded as thinking hard about *anything*. Supposedly (it's all second-hand) he tried to figure out universal truths a priori instead of relying on traditional myths. That might qualify him as a navel gazer along the lines of your post. I reckon a better pre-Socratic for your purposes would be Protagoras, who emphasised the individual as the centre of their world. You might want to contrast that with the Stoics, who would be like the people who stay in the wrong job, and Parmenides, who rejected the possibility of change.Patrick Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01060396277219920420noreply@blogger.com