Inflation is the increase in the prices of goods and services across an economy. When prices inflate, you need more money to buy the same things. The opposite of inflation is deflation, when prices are lower across a range of goods and services.
James Howell, a 17th century historian cum writer was the first writer to earn his living from writing alone in the English language; other writers of those times pursued writing as a hobby, not a profession as writing alone never paid enough.
Anaximander 610 BCE â 546 BCE. Anaximander of Miletus is the famous pupil and, in many ways, a philosophical successor to Thales himself. He is credited for being the first known writer on philosophy â given that he is the only known philosopher to have authored the first surviving lines of western philosophy.ythagoras 570 BCE â 495 BCE. Another pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, Pythagoras is someone known far more for his theories and ideas in mathematics than in philosophy. In fact, he is best known for the theorem in geometry that is named after him.