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| THALES (625 B.C.E - 545 B.C.E) |
THALES (625 B.C.E - 545 B.C.E)
About
- Born : 625 B.C.E , Miletus
- Founder of Milesian school/early Ionian school.
- Father of western philosophy.
- Mathematician, Astronomer, First European philosopher.
- The first genuine scientist.
- Died : 545 B.C.E
Doctrine and Ideas
- The World Stuff/Arche is water.
- Water is the ultimate principle because everything comes and returns to water.
- Water gives life to all all animate things.
- Water is alive, so the universe is alive.
- This theorem is called Hylozoism; that is matter is alive (water is a matter and it is alive).
- After death water goes from body.
- Earth is floating on the pool of water.
Achievements and Contributions
- He successfully predicted an eclipse of sun on 28 may, 585 B.C.E.
- Introduced geometry to Greeks.
- He is the first one to prove that a circle is bisected by its diameter.
