The Stargazer and the Well

The story of the Stargazer and the Well is actually a digression within Plato's Theatetus dialogue. It portrays Thales as worldly and full of potential for practical cunning, but simply lacking interest in financial gain unless it's to own the haters. So that's one vision, one invoked vision of Thales. What's another one? Well, here's where we come back to the idea of the Stargaze and the Well.