Masters of mind: Buddha, Confucius and Sólon

Buddha, the thinker born in Nepal was most significant. Buddhism makes the way through perceptions and feelings as the means leading to the thought. The perceptions and sensations would be combined in a gradually, almost automatic, way. Thus becoming thoughts and ideas.

Confucius, the philosopher and teacher in china, inspired the a school of thought known as "Confucianism". To Confucius the ability to think and decide was inside of everyone.

Sólon, was a poet and lawgiver of Athens, in ancient Greece, who refers to the mind as reasoning and ability to understand and judge.
The famous inscription found in the Temple of Apollo at Delphi  "Know thyself" is attributed to Sólon, although this can not be proven.