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Thales of miletus

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Thales of Miletus       According to Plutarch’s Miscellanies: Thales the Milesian doth affirm that water is the principle whence all things in the universe spring and water is principle of all things; and that god is that mind which shaped and created all things from water.       He was born into a world filled with the so-called mythologies and gods at the Miletus in Greek Ionia at circa 246 – 546BC, he known as the first recorded philosopher and were recorded in the first writings of humankind, by closely observing nature. He fashioned a synthesis of mythology and natural science, he the founder and leading member of the Ionian School of the ancient thinker. He became so famous for his shrewdness and theoretical wisdom by making important discoveries whose true origin were not known then and in some cases are still obscure. He is Thales of Miletus the father of philosophy.      Thales is known as the first recorded philosopher,...

Thales of Miletus

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THALES OF MILETUS Born c.  624 BC Died c. 546 BC Era Pre-Socratic philosophy Region Western philosophy School Ionian  /  Milesian Naturalism Main interests Ethics Metaphysics Mathematics Astronomy Notable ideas Water is the  arche Thales' theorem Intercept theorem