The Stupid Man
Stupidity is a broad, catch-all term that provides a quick answer to people's behaviour.
Over two thousand years ago the Greek rhetorician and philosopher Theophrastus wrote a series of sketches of men defined by a single characteristic. Traits like penuriousness, cowardice and impudence were classified and explained. In each portrait, Theophrastus defines the quality, describing one or more situations and then depicts the consequential beh…
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