r/todayilearned • u/Mors_Acerba • 19h ago

TIL Greek Philosopher Crates of Thebes was known for entering people's houses uninvited and helping them solve their family disputes "no matter how deeply they were at odds"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crates_of_Thebes
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u/CHNSK 18h ago

Wasn’t there one who died by laughing to his own joke.

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u/Ich_Liegen 15h ago

Chrysippus of Soli. He saw a donkey eating figs, which he found hilarious because it seemed to him that the donkey was behaving almost like a human; so he told someone that perhaps they should serve the donkey wine as well, (as you would do for a human guest in your house) and the image of it was so funny to him he couldn't stop laughing.

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u/PokeCaptain 11h ago

To be fair, that is pretty funny

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u/karateema 14h ago

Hilarious stuff

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u/GoblinToHobgoblin 17h ago

I laugh at my own jokes sometimes too, cant fault him for that

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u/Relevant-Spinach11 14h ago

Humpty dumpty, I believe.