21. Talk:Thales - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia I m used to hearing him called thales of miletus and found it vaguely jarring to see the article titled otherwise. (On a side note, you know you re in a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Thales

Wikimedia needs your help in the final days of its fund drive. See our fundraising page The Red Cross and other charities also need your help. Talk:Thales From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This article is part of WikiProject Philosophy , an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to philosophy on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can choose to edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page , where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks. Many philosophers followed his lead in searching for explanations in nature rather than in the supernatural, others returned to supernatural explanations, but couched in the language of philosophy, rather than myth or religion. I think this sentence presupposes an enlightenment distinction between naturalistic explanations and supernaturalism, which was alien to the Greek thought of the time, and so I think it should be re-written, moved, or at least qualified. Mark Christensen There is a distinction to be made here between what is significant as we see it and what is significant as the ancient Greeks might have seen it. Thales is significant to us because he launched a tradition of thought that ultimately led to a scientific revolution, and the essential element of this tradition is the search for causes in nature rather than outside of nature (an extremely radical idea that apparently has never originated independently anywhere else). This is a point that should definitely be included in the article. It basically answers the question, Why should we care about Thales? The question, Why did ancient Greeks care about Thales? might be answered differently, but not by me, because I don't know. -

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Thales Michael Lahanas ...the first man in history to whom specific mathematical discoveries have been attributed. Boyer in A History of Mathematics Thales in a stamp together with the amber or ilektron that is able to attract other objects if charged 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 Thallath 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."

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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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Thales of Miletus References and Links Thales Home Page Historical Time Period Biographical Information Mathematical Contributions References and Links History of Mathematics Allen, Don. "Thales of Miletus." 28 Jan. 2002. < http://www.math.tamu.edu/~don.allen/history/thales2/thales2.html Burton, David M. The History of Mathematics: An Introduction, 4th Ed. WCB/McGraw-Hill. Boston.1999. O'Connor, J. J. and Robertson, E. F. "Thales." 22 Jan. 2002. < http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Mathematicians/Thales.html http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Thales.html http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/PictDisplay/Thales.html http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/BirthplaceMaps/Places/Miletus.html O'Grady, Patricia PhD. "Thales of Miletus." Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/t/thales.htm

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Home Browse Newsletters Store ... Subscribe Already a member? Log in Content Related to this Topic This Article's Table of Contents Thales Print this Table of Contents Shopping Price: USD $1495 Revised, updated, and still unrivaled. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary (Hardcover) Price: USD $15.95 The Scrabble player's bible on sale! Save 30%. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary Price: USD $19.95 Save big on America's best-selling dictionary. Discounted 38%! More Britannica products Thales of Miletus  Encyclopædia Britannica Article Page 1 of 1 flourished 6th century BC philosopher renowned as one of the legendary Seven Wise Men, or Sophoi , of antiquity (see Philosophy, history of: The pre-Socratic philosophers ). He is primarily remembered for his cosmology based on water as the essence of all matter, with the Earth a flat disc floating on a vast sea. The Greek historian (fl. 3rd century

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Home Browse Newsletters Store ... Subscribe Already a member? Log in This Article's Table of Contents Thales of Miletus Print this Table of Contents Shopping Price: USD $1495 Revised, updated, and still unrivaled. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary (Hardcover) Price: USD $15.95 The Scrabble player's bible on sale! Save 30%. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary Price: USD $19.95 Save big on America's best-selling dictionary. Discounted 38%! More Britannica products Thales of Miletus  Student Encyclopedia Article Page 1 of 1 BC ). The Greek philosopher, astronomer, statesman, and mathematician Thales was renowned as one of the legendary Seven Wise Men (Sophoi) of antiquity. He is sometimes considered to be the first Greek philosopher because he was the first to give a purely natural explanation of the origin of the world, free from all mythological aspects. Thales was born in about 624 BC Thales of Miletus...

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A D V E N T U R E S in C Y B E R S O U N D Thales 'of Miletus' : 624 - c.546 BC Philosopher remembered for his cosmology based on water as the essence of all matter. According to the Greek thinker Apollodorus , Thales was born in 624; the Greek historian placed his death in the 58th Olympiad (548-545) at the age of 78. No writings by Thales survive, and no contemporary sources exist; thus, his achievements are difficult to assess. Inclusion of his name in the canon of the legendary Seven Wise Men led to his idealization, and numerous acts and sayings, many of them no doubt spurious, were attributed to him. According to Herodotus , Thales was a practical statesman who advocated the federation of the Ionian cities of the Aegean region. The Greek scholar Callimachus recorded a traditional belief that Thales advised navigators to steer by the Little Bear (Ursa Minor) rather than by the Great Bear (Ursa Major), both prominent constellations in the north. He is also said to have used his knowledge of geometry to measure the Egyptian pyramids and to calculate the distance from shore of ships at sea. Although such stories are probably apocryphal, they illustrate Thales' reputation. The Greek writer Xenophanes claimed that Thales predicted the solar eclipse that stopped the battle between the Lydian Alyattes and the Median Cyaxares, evidently on May 28, 585.

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Home Ancient Greek Scientists AGRICULTURALISTS ARCHITECTS ... PHYSICISTS MATHEMATICIAN, PHYSICIST THALES OF MILETUS (fl. 640-546 BC) Life One of the Seven Sages of Ancient Greece, and chronologically the first of the Greek philosophers, Thales of Miletus is considered the founder of European philosophy and science. He was born in Miletus, in Asia Minor; his father being called Hexamios and his mother Cleoboulene. The family was of Boeotian origin, and Thales considered himself a descendant of Cadmus and Agenor. Work Thales was the first to abandon a blind empiricism and turn to a theoretical investigation of causes. This is his most important contribution to the development of a universal philosophical and scientific spirit. He attempted to explain things, and give them a justification in theory. He held water to be the prime origin of all things, positing that every kind of matter is produced through the transformation of this uncreated and imperishable elemental substance. He made a number of purely scientific discoveries in geometry, astronomy and physics; he developed his own philosophical system; and he took part in the political life of Ionia. He also built large engineering works, devised instruments for calculating distances, and travelled widely for both commercial and scientific purposes. In geometry, Thales is credited with 5 theorems: 1) that a circle is bisected by its diameter; 2) that the angles at the base of a triangle having two sides of equal length are equal; 3) that opposite angles of intersecting straight lines are equal; 4) that the angle inscribed in a semicircle is a right angle; and 5) that a triangle is determined if its base and the angles relative to the base are determined.

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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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astronomy in questions and answers Site Search Scientists and astronomers [Question 1] 1. Who was Thales of Miletus? Thales of Miletus was one of the first men whose name is well known in the science of astronomy. He was born in 640 B.C. and lived for 94 years. Thales of Miletus was a Greek. He did not leave his own writings. But Herodotus left some writings about Thales of Miletus and about his work. Thales of Miletus was a man of great wisdom. He was widely known in his days for his political and scientific work. He knew mathematics and astronomy very well. Thales of Miletus foretold the eclipse of the Sun that took place on May 28, 585 B.C. Thales went to Egypt and learned geometry there. He calculated the method of determining the height of an object by measuring its shadow. He discovered that the circuit of the Sun between solstices is not always uniform. He calculated that the year had 365 days, and found that the angulary diameter of the Sun was 720th part of zodiac, or 30 seconds or arc. Thales of Miletus also advised the navigators of his day to use the constellation Ursa Minor instead of Ursa Major, because the Little Bear was nearer to the North Pole. But Thales of Miletus was sure that the Earth was a flat disk. And he thought that the Sun and the Moon were also flat disks. See also The Sun The Earth The Moon Mercury, Venus and Mars

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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.

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Add to Favorites General Encyclopedia Legal ... Law forum Search Word: Visit our Law forums Labor Law Accidents Law Bankruptcy Law Business Law ... Tax Law For the French electronics and defence contractor, see Thales Group Thales (in Greek of Miletus (circa 635 BC 543 BC ), also known as Thales the Milesian , was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher and one of the Seven Sages of Greece . Many regard him as the first philosopher in the Greek tradition as well as the father of science Contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Life 2 Theories and influence 3 Sources 4 See also ... 6 References Life Thales lived in the city of Miletus, in Ionia . According to Herodotus , he was of Phoenician descent. The well-traveled Ionians had many dealings with Egypt and Babylon , and Thales may have studied in Egypt as a young man. In any event, Thales almost certainly had exposure to Egyptian mythology astronomy , and mathematics , as well as to other traditions alien to the Homeric traditions of Greece. Perhaps because of this his inquiries into the nature of things took him beyond traditional mythology. Several anecdotes suggest that Thales was not solely a thinker; he was involved in business and politics. One story recounts that he bought all the olive presses in Miletus after predicting the weather and a good harvest for a particular year. Another version of this same story states that he bought the presses to demonstrate to his fellow Milesians that he could use his intelligence to enrich himself. Herodotus recorded that Thales advised the city-states of Ionia to form a

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Introductory Remarks: Thales of Miletus The modern title, physics, of the course of study upon which the reader is embarking reveals something of the nature of that course. The word is derived from the Latin physica , natural science, which in turn is derived from the Greek plural phusika of the adjective phusikos meaning "of or pertaining to nature." In recent decades the scope of the meaning of the word physics has narrowed considerably until it is a "science that deals with matter and energy and their interactions in the fields of mechanics, acoustics, optics, heat, electricity, magnetism, radiation, atomic structure, and nuclear phenomena." As such a definition implies, the way to know and understand what physics is, is to do physics. This, it is suggested, is the true destination of this course of study. The earlier title of a course such as this, still found in an occasional college catalogue, is "natural philosophy." While the philosopher is the "lover of wisdom," the word "philosophy" has come to mean a "search for truth through logical reasoning" and so the name "natural philosophy" is richer in meaningit not only tells us that our study is the study of nature but also implies that this study will be one not merely of simple observation but will also emphasize logical reasoning. The philosopher and the physicist of today share another common link: the same man, Thales of Miletus, is claimed by each as the FATHER of his profession. His biographer, Diogenes Laertius, narrated anecdotes about him which are worthy of mention for the sake of tradition rather than fact. Two of these anecdotes are quite famous, namely, that he fell into a well or irrigation ditch while star-gazing, and that, predicting a scarcity of olives, he cornered the olive market.

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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 leader 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.

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