The laughing philosopher of Abdera. He should rather be termed
the deriding philosopher, because he derided or laughed at
people's folly or vanity. It is said that he put out his eyes that he
might think more deeply.
Democritus Junior. Robert Burton, author of The Anatomy of
Melancholy (1576-1640).
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