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Thales (Θαλής) of Miletus
(c.636–c.546 B.C.)

Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher of Miletus and reputed founder of the Milesian school of philosophy. He is the first recorded Western philosopher. Thales taught that everything in nature is composed of one basic stuff, which he thought to be water. Prior to Thales, mythology had been used to explain the nature of the physical world; the... More...

Greece, 1994, Thales of Miletus