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Thales
World explanation
In viewing all of reality as water, Thales is attempting to explain the whole of the natural world in terms of one basic principle, one archē, to use a Greek word with a variety of meanings.
“beginning,” “first cause,” or “first principle”
The achievement of Thales was to dare to assume that the incredible variety and complexity of the natural world nonetheless could be explained by a relatively simple principle.
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Interesting facts
Unlikely:
Thales was so intent on observing the heavens that he once fell into a well while gazing up into the sky.
Aristotle repeats a story that Thales, tired of being reproached for his poverty as a philosopher, used his knowledge of the weather to make a small fortune by securing a monopoly on olive presses in a year when he knew there would be a record crop of olives.
Plausible:
It is also believed that he came up with an engineering solution that allowed the Lydian army successfully to bridge and cross the Halys River.
Among the more likely anecdotes is the
claim that Thales successfully predicted an eclipse of the sun in 585 BC.
Among the more likely anecdotes is the
claim that Thales successfully predicted an eclipse of the sun in 585 BC.
Came up with the Thales Theorem(The one covered in the 9th grade together with the angle bisector theorem).
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