Definition of Thales of Miletus

1. Noun. 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).

Exact synonyms: Thales
Generic synonyms: Astronomer, Stargazer, Uranologist, Philosopher

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thales Of Miletus

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Thakurgaon District
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Thalarctos maritimus
Thales
Thales of Miletus (current term)
Thalia
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Thamar
Thames
Thames River
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Thamnophilus
Thamnophis
Thamnophis proximus
Thamnophis sauritus

Literary usage of Thales of Miletus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Philosophy: From Thales to the Present Time by Friedrich Ueberweg, Noah Porter, Vincenzo Botta (1872)
"Thales of Miletus, of Phenician descent and born in or about Olympiad 35 (640 B. c.), is distinguished by Aristotle as the originator of the Ionic Natural ..."

2. A History of Philosophy: From Thales to the Present Time by Friedrich Ueberweg, George Sylvester Morris, Henry Boynton Smith, Noah Porter, Vincenzo Botta (1891)
"Thales of Miletus, of Phenician descent and born in or about Olympiad 35 (640 B. c.), is distinguished by Aristotle ns the originator of the Ionic Natural ..."

3. A History of Electricity: (The Intellectual Rise in Electricity) from by Park Benjamin (1895)
"The result was the beginning of philosophy ; for when Thales of Miletus saw how the machinery given to man to understand facts could neither make the facts ..."

4. Hellenic History by George Willis Botsford (1922)
"Thales of Miletus, early sixth century. Though we can not be sure that everything ascribed to Thales of Miletus was really his work, there is no doubt that ..."

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