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Thales
Archē
it is the essence of the world, the basic structure of reality
Water is the basic material of the world
the "ultimate underlying substance”
way of describing the entire natural world
Thinks moisture is associated with the essence of life(something which we know is true today)
Founder of Philosophy
Stories about him
Predicted Eclipse
Found a way to determine height of Pyramids
Plausible
Unplausible
He looked into the sky so long he fell in a well
He predicted when there would be record year of olive harvest so he made a monopoly and became rich
Born in Miletus
624-546 BC
His philosophical ideas were very important for a lot of time.
Assumptions
World is rational and intelligible
World is a unity that can be explained through 1 or more basic principles
True nature is different from its appearences
Sources:
[Thales]. (2016, March 11). Retrieved February 12, 2021, from
https://greatestgreeks.wordpress.com/2016/03/11/thales-of-miletus/
Thales of Miletus [Digital image]. (2020, October 29). Retrieved February 12, 2021, from
https://medium.com/lookingforwisdom/philosopher-file-thales-of-miletus-6c461a1537cd
[Thales Pyramid Theorem]. (n.d.). Retrieved February 12, 2021, from
https://mammothmemory.net/maths/pythagoras-and-trigonometry/intercept-and-midpoint-theorem/thales-intercept-theorem.html
Map of Lade, Miletus [Digital image]. (n.d.). Retrieved February 12, 2021, from
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lade
