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I mean, it seems a bit unclear what his political positions actually were, but it does seem they were just opinions. As philosophers go, that's pretty small beer: Thales used to roast people alive in a brass container, Marcus Aurelius was responsible for numerous genocides, and Heidegger was a card-carrying Nazi.





>Thales used to roast people alive in a brass container

Source?


That would be Phalaris of brazen bull fame, not Thales.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalaris




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