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Thales of Miletus

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1.
A presocratic Greek philosopher and astronomer (who predicted an eclipse in 585 BC) who was said by Aristotle to be the founder of physical science; he held that all things originated in water (624-546 BC).  Synonym: Thales.





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... cultivated at this early age. Thales of Miletus flourished in the middle of the seventh century, and Anaximander, born B.C. 610—one of the great original mathematicians of the world, speculated like Thales, on the origin of things. Pythagoras, born in Samos, B.C. 580—a still greater ...
— Ancient States and Empires • John Lord


Words linked to "Thales of Miletus" :   uranologist, stargazer, philosopher, astronomer


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