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Thales of Miletus (ca. 624 - 547 BC) Thales of Miletus was the son of Examyes and Cleobuline.Thales seems to be the first known Greek philosopher, scientist and mathematician although his occupation was that of an engineer. He is believed to have been the teacher of Anaximander (611 BC - 545 BC) and he was the first natural philosopher in the Milesian School. However, none of his writing survives so it is difficult to determine his views or to be certain about his mathematical discoveries. Indeed it is unclear whether he wrote any works at all and if he did they were certainly lost by the time of Aristotle who did not have access to any writings of Thales. Certainly Thales was a figure of enormous prestige, being the only philosopher before Socrates to be among the Seven Sages. It is reported that Thales predicted an eclipse of the Sun in 585 BC. The cycle of about 19 years for eclipses of the Moon was well known at this time but the cycle for eclipses of the Sun was harder to spot since eclipses were visible at different places on Earth. Thales's prediction of the 585 BC eclipse was probably a guess based on the knowledge that an eclipse around that time was possible. Thales believed that the Earth floats on water and all things come to be from water. For him the Earth was a flat disc floating on an infinite ocean. It has also been claimed that Thales explained earthquakes from the fact that the Earth floats on water. Again the importance of Thales' idea is that he is the first recorded person who tried to explain such phenomena by rational rather than by supernatural means. In many textbooks on the history of mathematics Thales is credited with five theorems of elementary geometry:

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Dictionaries: General Computing Medical Legal Encyclopedia Thales of Miletus Word: Word Starts with Ends with Definition Thales of Miletus In Greek mythology, Miletus was the founder of the city described below. He had two children: Caunus and Byblis. Miletus is a city in the Anatolia province of Turkey, near the coast of the Mediterranean Sea and at the mouth of the Meander river. It was once one of the twelve Ionian cities of Asia Minor. Its gridlike layout, planned by Hippodamos, became the basic layout for Roman cities. The city also once possessed a harbor, before it was clogged by alluvium brought by the Meander. Click the link for more information. (circa 635 BC Centuries: 8th century BC - 7th century BC - 6th century BC Decades: 680s BC 670s BC 660s BC 650s BC 640s BC - 630s BC - 620s BC 610s BC 600s BC 590s BC 580s BC Events and Trends 637 BC - Josiah becomes king of Judah. 632 BC - Cylon, Athenian noble, seizes the Acropolis in a failed attempt to become king. 631 BC - Founding of Cyrene, a Greek colony in Libya (North Africa) (approximate date). 631 BC - Sadyates becomes king of Lydia.

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Dictionaries: General Computing Medical Legal Encyclopedia Thales Word: Word Starts with Ends with Definition Thales of Miletus In Greek mythology, Miletus was the founder of the city described below. He had two children: Caunus and Byblis. Miletus is a city in the Anatolia province of Turkey, near the coast of the Mediterranean Sea and at the mouth of the Meander river. It was once one of the twelve Ionian cities of Asia Minor. Its gridlike layout, planned by Hippodamos, became the basic layout for Roman cities. The city also once possessed a harbor, before it was clogged by alluvium brought by the Meander. Click the link for more information. (circa 635 BC Centuries: 8th century BC - 7th century BC - 6th century BC Decades: 680s BC 670s BC 660s BC 650s BC 640s BC - 630s BC - 620s BC 610s BC 600s BC 590s BC 580s BC Events and Trends 637 BC - Josiah becomes king of Judah. 632 BC - Cylon, Athenian noble, seizes the Acropolis in a failed attempt to become king. 631 BC - Founding of Cyrene, a Greek colony in Libya (North Africa) (approximate date). 631 BC - Sadyates becomes king of Lydia.

25. Thales Of Miletus thales of miletus. Others say he fell into a well while trying to see the starsin daylight. thales of miletus lived from about 624 to about 546 BC. http://www.pantagruelion.com/p/s/10013.html

Thales of Miletus Pythagoras when reporting the demise of the Milesian astronomer. Thales had climbed a hill in the company of a Thracian handmaid, and while looking at the stars, tumbled off a cliff into the sea. The girl reported that he was so eager to know what was going on in the heavens, he could not see what was before his own two feet. The earthy herbalist Gerard Thales of Miletus lived from about 624 to about 546 BC. He was one of the Seven Sages of antiquity and reputed by Aristotle to be the first of the Greek philosophers. He predicted an eclipse of the sun in 585 BC, using the methods of the Egyptians and the Chaldeans. The eclipse occured during a battle between the Lydians and the Medians. Thales may also have diverted a river to allow the passage of King Croesus. Related links Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Thales of Miletus Pre-Socratic Philosophy: Thales PANTAGRUELION December 27, 2001

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Thales of Miletus Thales of Miletus lived from 634 B.C. to 548 B.C. In his youth, he travelled extensively. He likely visited Egypt and Babylon, two ancient civilisations which were still in existence. Later on, he founded the Ionian School, the first of its kind in Greece. Among others, Pythagoras would attend this famous school. We have some ideas about Thales' deeds, but we cannot be sure that everything written about him is true. It was reported that he predicted a solar eclipse in Greece in 585 B.C., but this may not have been possible because of the primitive state of astronomy in Greece at the time. It was also said that he made his fortune by buying all of the olive presses in Miletus and nearby Chios (see map at Antiquity Online ), and at harvest time he rented out the olive presses at a high profit, thus making his fortune. The later Greeks named Thales as the first of the seven wise men of Greece. He is the first person to have specific mathematical discoveries credited to him. These discoveries were: The diameter of a circle divides that circle into two parts of equal area.

27. Thales thales of miletus (from 640610 to ca 547 ) BC took his name fromThallath, the Chaldean goddess personifying the sea. Thales had http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Thales.htm

Thales Thales in a stamp together with the amber or ilektron that is able to attract other objects if charged To Thales the primary question was not what do we know, but how do we know it. Aristotle (ca 330 BC) Mathematical Intelligencer v. 6, no. 3, 1984. Philosophy among the Greeks is believed to have begun in the Ionian city of Miletus, the richest and most powerful Greek city on the coast of Asia Minor. Miletus was on the edge of interacting cultures: Greek, Mesopotamian and Egyptian, and was adjacent to the rich kingdom of Lydia. Its people travelled, giving them an awareness of conflicting ideas, which encouraged thinking. And among the aristocrats of Miletus was an independence of thought that was a part of an effort toward individual excellence that had been encouraged as justification for their privileges. Thales of Miletus (from 640-610 to ca 547 ) BC took his name from Thallath the Chaldean goddess personifying the sea. Thales had travelled widely in quest of knowledge, visiting Crete, Phoenicia, and Egypt. Thales was supposedly of Phoenician descent but he was actually probably a Carian or Cretan and thoroughly merged into Ionian culture. The Phoenician link might be because he brought Phoenician navigational techniques into Miletus. The Milesians were great traders by sea and land and therefore interested in navigation. Thales showed how a ship could be steered by observing Ursa Minor. He is also said to have tried to revise the calendar. Herodotus, the Father of History, tells us that once upon a timewhich time, as the modern computator shows us, was about the year 590 B.C. a war had risen between the Lydians and the Medes and continued five years. "In these years the Medes often discomfited the Lydians and the Lydians often discomfited the Medes (and among other things they fought a battle by night); and yet they still carried on the war with equally balanced fortitude. In the sixth year a battle took place in which it happened, when the fight had begun, that suddenly the day became night. And this change of the day Thales, the Milesian, had foretold to the Ionians, laying down as a limit this very year in which the change took place. The Lydians, however, and the Medes, when they saw that it had become night instead of day, ceased from their fighting and were much more eager, both of them, that peace should be made between them."

28. Philosophy - Presocratics: Thales thales of miletus (636546 BC). An Ionian, the founder of Greek philosophyand the Milesian school of cosmologists. Born at Miletus http://www.archaeonia.com/philosophy/presocratics/thales.htm

THALES OF MILETUS (636-546 B.C.) A n Ionian , the founder of Greek philosophy and the Milesian school of cosmologists . Born at Miletus about 636 B.C ., he was a contemporary of Solon and Croesus and died at the age of ninety about 546. According to popular tradition he lived mainly as one of the Seven Sages seven men living between 620-550 B.C. distinguished for their wisdom as rulers lawgivers councilors , or authors of maxims . Many tales were told of him. In one of these he is an unpractical dreamer, and falls into a well while star-gazing. In another he shows himself superior to the ordinary practical man by the use he makes of his scientific knowledge. He is said to have foreseen an abundance of olives and made a corner in oil, thus proving he could be rich if he liked. It is plain that people in general had no idea of his real work, and regarded him simply as a typical 'sage', to whose name anecdotes originally anonymous might be attached. These stories, then, tell us nothing about Thales himself, but they do bear witness to the impression produced by science and scientific men when they first appeared in a world that was half inclined to marvel and half inclined to scoff. There is, however, another set of traditions about Thales from which something may be learnt. They are not of a popular character, since they attribute to him certain definite scientific achievements. One of the most important of these, the prediction of a

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31. Greek Philosophers Thales, We know almost nothing about thales of miletus. Later generationstold many anecdotes about this wise man, but it is difficult http://www.livius.org/gi-gr/greeks/philosophers.html

home index ancient Greece portrait gallery Greek philosophers Authors Historians Philosophers Politicians Scientists We know almost nothing about Thales of Miletus . Later generations told many anecdotes about this wise man, but it is difficult to verify the reliability of these stories. What seems certain, however, is that he predicted the solar eclipse of 28 May 585, which was remembered because the Lydian king Alyattes and the Median king Cyaxares were fighting a battle on that day. Another reliable bit of information is that he did geometrical research, which enabled him to measure the pyramids. However, his most important contribution to European civilization is his attempt to give rational explanations for physical phenomena. Behind the phenomena was not a catalogue of deities, but one single, first principle. Although his identification of this principle with water is rather unfortunate, his idea to look for deeper causes was the true beginning of philosophy and science. Thales died after 547. Thales was not the only one who was looking for a first cause.

32. Thales Of Miletus (634-546 BC) -- From Eric Weisstein's World Of Scientific Biog thales of miletusMath 150. Projects. thales of miletus. Dr. Wilson. One time, an enemywarship dropped anchor off the coast of Miletus. Since it would http://www.astro.virginia.edu/~eww6n/bios/Thales.html

Branch of Science Astronomers Branch of Science Mathematicians ... Greek Thales of Miletus (634-546 BC) Greek philosopher who is considered the founder of Greek science, mathematics, and philosophy. He visited Egypt and probably Babylon, bringing back knowledge of astronomy and geometry. He invented deductive mathematics. To him is attributed Thales' theorem Proclus attributed the following additional mathematical theorems to Thales (Boyer 1968, pp. 50-51): (1) a circle is bisected by a diameter (2) the base angles of an isosceles triangle are equal, (3) pairs of vertical angles formed by two intersecting lines are equal, and (4) the ASA theorem for triangles According to Herodotus, Thales predicted the year of the May 28, 585 BC solar eclipse confirming his access to Babylonian records. Thales believed the Earth to be a flat disk floating on an infinite ocean, and established the Ionian (Milesian) school of Greek astronomy. Thales considered water to be the "first principle" ("arche") of nature. In his theories, Thales "naturalized" supernatural explanations, marking the beginning of scientific methodology. However, his teachings emphasized philosophical speculation over practical applications of science. It is therefore fitting that a legend tells of his falling into a well while pondering the heavens. A passing peasant is said to have fished him out with the comment "here is a man who would study the stars and cannot see what lies at his feet."

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Thales of Miletus 622 B.C.547 B.C. Thales Home Page Historical Time Period Biographical Information Mathematical Contributions References and Links ... History of Mathematics This web site contains information about the Greek mathematician, Thales. Thales is credited with being the first mathematician and Father of geometry. Use the links to discover who he was and what he did for mathematics.

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35. Thales Of Miletus Our knowledge of the philosophy of Thales is due to Aristotle who wrote inhis Metaphysics thales of miletus taught that all things are water http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/GeogHist/histories/Oldcivilization/phoenicia

Themes History Old Civilizations Phoenicia Thales of Miletus Born c 624 BC and died c. 547 in Asia minor. He was the son of Examyes and Cleobuline, distinguished Phoenicians. Proclus, the last major Greek philosopher, who lived around 450 AD, wrote:- [Thales] first went to Egypt and thence introduced this study [geometry] into Greece. He discovered many propositions himself, and instructed his successors in the principles underlying many others, his method of attacking problems had greater generality in some cases and was more in the nature of simple inspection and observation in other cases. There is a difficulty in writing about Thales and others from a similar period. Although there are numerous references to Thales which would enable us to reconstruct quite a number of details, the sources must be treated with care since it was the habit of the time to credit famous men with discoveries they did not make. Partly this was as a result of the legendary status that men like Thales achieved, and partly it was the result of scientists with relatively little history behind their subjects trying to increase the status of their topic with giving it an historical background. Certainly Thales was a figure of enormous prestige, being the only philosopher before Socrates to be among the Seven Sages. Plutarch, writing of these Seven Sages, says that:

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Bernard SUZANNE Last updated December 5, 1998 Plato and his dialogues : Home Biography Works History of interpretation ... New hypotheses - Map of dialogues : table version or non tabular version . Tools : Index of persons and locations Detailed and synoptic chronologies - Maps of Ancient Greek World . Site information : About the author This page is part of the "tools" section of a site, Plato and his dialogues , dedicated to developing a new interpretation of Plato's dialogues. The "tools" section provides historical and geographical context (chronology, maps, entries on characters and locations) for Socrates, Plato and their time. For more information on the structure of entries and links available from them, read the notice at the beginning of the index of persons and locations . . . . WORK IN PROGRESS - PLEASE BE PATIENT . . . To Perseus general lookup encyclopedia mentions in ancient authors Plato and his dialogues : Home Biography Works History of interpretation ... New hypotheses - Map of dialogues : table version or non tabular version . Tools : Index of persons and locations Detailed and synoptic chronologies - Maps of Ancient Greek World . Site information : About the author First published January 4, 1998 - Last updated December 5, 1998

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HISTORY OF WISDOM BOOK ONE Ancient Greek Philosophy By Franz J. T. Lee Merida, Venezuela, 2003. CHAPTER I WATER A "Wise Man", Thales of Miletus "Western" Philosophy? Generally, all "thought" that is not born in the "Cradle" of "Western Civilization" that is, all intellectual and rational reflections prior to Thales are not considered as being "Ancient Philosophy"; for this very reason, everything else is classified as mythology, theosophy, animism, superstition or black magic. In the introduction, we indicated that this is simply inborn arrogance or well-bred ignorance. Of course, nowadays as byproduct of the European alma mater , even "Bantu Philosophy" is being taught at African Universities, but an African Plato or Hegel, Marx or Bloch, will never see the Visionary Light, will never leave the "Cave of Underdevelopment". With sophia or wisdom this arrogant attitude surely has very little to do. However, since the advent of Labour on Planet Earth, no matter where it was born, essentially it was generated as a non-relation, and henceforth it persists as maltreated Nature vis-a-vis perverted Society, as Alienation

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