The ancient Greek philosopher Heratlitus was an extremely arrogant manHe was empty-sighted, and in his eyes, the other people in Greece at that time were unwise, they were at best knowledgeable, and erudition did not make people wise.
According to Heratletus, wisdom consists in knowing only one thing, and that is knowing the mind that controls everything. Apparently wisdom is above all else in his eyes. Heratlitus's rhetoric was fierce, and he attacked the Ephesians, saying: "All the adults of Ephes should be hanged, and it would be right for the city-state to be given to the administration of minors." "The reason is that the Ephes banished the best of them all, and Hermodoro, a good friend of Heratlet.
The countrymen of Heratletus wanted him to legislate for the city-state, but he ignored the advice of his countrymen and went into seclusion, because the city-state seemed hopeless to him. Heratlet, who used to play dice with the children in his seclusion, came to him and asked him to come out of the mountain, and he sneered: "What is all the fuss about, scoundrel, it is much more legitimate than engaging in politics with you." ”
Eventually, Heratlitus grew more and more disgusted with human interaction, and went into seclusion in the mountains, living a life of eating grass roots and bark. But this life caused him to suffer from a kind of edema, and he had to go down the mountain to the city to see a doctor. He played dumb riddles to the doctors: "Is there a way to dry up the flood?" The doctor did not understand, so he hid in the pen and tried to dry the water from his body with the heat of cow dung, but this did not work, and Heratlit died at the age of sixty.