Thales of Miletus, one of the Seven Sages, knew there was only one cure for the shortsightedness of mankind; The library. No one person could stand in a nexus of knowledge and remain blind to the many considerations of others and life. He pursued the idea of collecting all human knowledge in one place with such fervor, read and wrote so many books in his quest, that he went blind.
Years later, long after Caesar’s war had burned the Library of Alexandria to the ground, Nicholas of Cusa wept as he used the knowledge Thales’ had collected to construct a pair of spectacles to correct his near-sightedness.
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I am proud to be a “Librarian” ! thank you Matthew! of course, I quote from the
Mummy !