The great species of the thinkers of the ancient and the medieval ages can be found only in history books. Times have changed and so is the perspective of what we think. From our own topics of interest to the weirdest of topics, we think every time we 'think'. Great thinkers don't just think; They spend time for thinking.
The supposed modern age has given us little time to think. So, in the given leisure hours of life, what do we think or, do we think at all? Many have questioned the fruitfulness of thinking because of the little gains we get out of that. There are times when we don't get any fame for our thoughts. Has the human species lost touch? Or has the breed of thinkers become extinct? Or has the new world considered thinking a waste of time?
Great thinkers like Aristotle and Plato were master strategists as well and had their influence over some of the greatest conquerors this planet has seen. They taught them how to think; how to fight mentally; how to wage a war. Thought itself, was a science. They did not create a warrior who can just fight. They created a mind which can master its own and a million others. That's why they ruled. Wonder how they got into the history books? Read the above line again!
Yes, there are modern thinkers who author many books on ways of improvement of the self and strategies to tackle life. But the real philosophy is often forgotten. Today, a man gets a Ph.D for his extensive research on a subject but is he really a Doctor of 'Philosophy'. He just finished adding icing upon the intellectual knowledge he already had. Today's thinkers will be known only to those who are researching philosophy and human psychology, because they study books authored by these thinkers to finish their exams and pass out.
We never found out what it takes to be a thinker whose name can live the ages like those B.C thinkers. Remembering them for around thousand odd years is no joke. Whether we can have a repeat of history purely depends on the way we look at thinkers of today. They don't just look at the ceiling fan for hours, they think much beyond that.
