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Thales of Miletus
Posthumous portrait of Thales by Wilhelm Meyer, based on a bust from the 4th century
Bornc. 626/623 BC
Miletus, Ionian League
(modern-day Balat, Didim, Aydın, Turkey)
Diedc. 548/545 BC (aged c. 78)
EraPre-Socratic philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolIonian / Milesian
Main interests
  • metaphysics
  • mathematics
  • astronomy
Notable ideas
  • Philosophical inquiry
  • Water is the arche
  • Thales's theorem
  • Intercept theorem
  • Know thyself
  • Static electricity

Thales of Miletus (/ˈθlz/ THAY-leez; Greek: Θαλῆς; c. 626/623  – c. 548/545 BC) was an Ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher from Miletus in Ionia, Asia Minor. Thales was one of the Seven Sages, founding figures of Ancient Greece.

Many regard him as the first philosopher in the Greek tradition, breaking from the prior use of mythology to explain the world and instead using natural philosophy. He is thus otherwise referred to as the first to have engaged in mathematics, science, and deductive reasoning.[1]

The first philosophers followed him in explaining all of nature as based on the existence of a single ultimate substance. Thales theorized that this single substance was water. Thales thought the Earth floated on water.

In mathematics, Thales is the namesake of Thales's theorem, and the intercept theorem can also be known as Thales's theorem. Thales was said to have calculated the heights of the pyramids and the distance of ships from the shore. In science, Thales was an astronomer who reportedly predicted the weather and a solar eclipse. The discovery of the position of the constellation Ursa Major is also attributed to Thales, as well as the timings of the solstices and equinoxes. He was also an engineer, known for having diverted the Halys River.[1]

  1. ^ a b Russell, Bertrand (1945). A History of Western Philosophy. Simon & Schuster.

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