Thales of Miletus (/ ˈθeɪliːz / THAY-leez; Ancient Greek: Θαλῆς; c. 626/623 – c. 548/545 BC) was an Ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher from Miletus in Ionia, Asia Minor. Thales was one of the Seven Sages, founding figures of Ancient Greece.

Thales of Miletus (born c. 624–620 bce —died c. 548–545 bce) was a philosopher renowned as one of the legendary Seven Wise Men, or Sophoi, of antiquity. He is remembered primarily for his cosmology based on water as the essence of all matter, with Earth a …

Sep 28, 2023 · Thales of Miletus was an Ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician who lived between 624 BC and 548 BC in Miletus, in modern-day Turkey. His philosophy was a complete break from the prior mythological explanation of the world and it …

Miletus, ancient Greek city of western Anatolia, some 20 miles (30 km) south of the present city of Söke, Turkey. It lies near the mouth of the Büyükmenderes (Menderes) River. Before 500 bce, Miletus was the greatest Greek city in the east.

Thales was the first known Greek philosopher, scientist and mathematician. He is credited with five theorems of elementary geometry. Thales of Miletus was the son of Examyes and Cleobuline. His parents are said by some to be from Miletus but others report that they were Phoenicians. J Longrigg writes in [1]:-

Thales of Miletus , (flourished 6th century bc), Greek philosopher. None of his writings survive, and no contemporary sources exist. The claim that Thales was the founder of Western philosophy rests primarily on Aristotle, who wrote that he was the first to suggest a single material substratum for the universe, namely water.

Nov 17, 2019 · After the eclipse on 28 May, 585 BCE, Herodotus wrote, "Day was all of a sudden changed into night. This event had been foretold by Thales, the Milesian, who forewarned the Ionians of it, fixing for it the very year in which it took place.

Interested in virtually everything, he was perhaps the first person to try to postulate rational reasons for the phenomena he saw in the world, rather than relying on superstition or religion to explain everyday occurrences.

Thales of Miletus (c. 624 BCE – c. 546 BCE) was an ancient (pre-Soctratic) Greek philosopher who is often considered the first philosopher and the father of Western philosophy.

Of the new Greek communities that sprang up in Greece itself and across the Aegean Sea in Asia Minor, the most prosperous was Miletus. Now but lonely ruins inland from the coast because the river and harbor silted up long ago, Miletus was, in its time, the richest city in the Greek world.