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7/Heraclitus P65
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11/Anaxagoras P94
12/Empedocles P98
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15/Gorgias P120
1/Thales
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Thales of Miletus (ΘαλῆςὁΜιλήσιος)
Thales
Born
ca. 620–625 BC
Died
ca. 547–546 BC
School
Ionian, Milesian school, Naturalism
Main interests
Ethics, Metaphysics,Mathematics, Astronomy
Notable ideas
Water is the physis,Thales' theorem,intercept theorem
Influenced by[show]
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Thales of Miletus ( /ˈθeɪliːz/; Greek: Θαλῆς, Thalēs; c. 624 BC – c. 546 BC) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher from Miletus in Asia Minor, and one of the Seven Sages of Greece. Many, most notably Aristotle, regard him as the first philosopher in the Greek tradition.[1] According to Bertrand Russell, "Western philosophy begins with Thales."[2] Thales attempted to explain natural phenomena without reference tomythology and was tremendously influential in this respect. Almost all of the other pre-Socratic philosophers follow him in attempting to provide an explanation of ultimate substance, change, and the existence of the world—without reference to mythology. Those philosophers were also influential, and eventually Thales' rejection of mythological explanations became an essential idea for the scientific revolution. He was also the first to define general principles and set forth hypotheses, and as a result has been dubbed the "Father of Science", though it is argued that
 Democritus is actually more deserving of this title.[3][4]
In mathematics, Thales used geometry to solve problems such as calculating the height of pyramids and the distance of ships from the shore. He is credited with the first use of deductive reasoning appl