I leave you the best phrases of Thales of Miletus, philosopher, mathematician, geometrician, physicist, astronomer and legislator of Ancient Greece. Born on the Greek island Miletus, he was interested in almost everything, investigating numerous areas of knowledge; philosophy, history, science, mathematics, engineering, geography, and politics. Other philosophers such as Aristotle consider him the first philosopher of the Greek tradition.
Thales is recognized for stopping using mythology to explain the world and the universe, and instead explaining natural objects and phenomena by theories and hypotheses, that is, science.
He is the first known individual to use deductive reasoning applied to geometry. In mathematics he used geometry to calculate the heights of the pyramids and the distance from the ships to the shore. You may also be interested in these phrases of philosophers.
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-Water is the beginning of everything.
-The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.
-Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else still have hope.
-The past is true, the future is dark.
-The happiness of the body is based on health; that of understanding, in knowledge.
-Time is the wisest of all things; because it brings everything to light.
-A multitude of words is not proof of a prudent mind.
-Take for yourself the advice you give to another.
-Who is happy? A person who has a healthy body, who covers himself with peace of mind and who cultivates his talent.
-Avoid doing what can be blamed on others for doing.
-We do not really live on top of a solid earth, but at the bottom of an ocean of air.
-All things are made of water and all things dissolve in water.
-Isolate yourself in your inner world and reflect on the system of the universe.
-Always looking for a chore; When you have it, don't think about anything other than doing it well.
-I did not become a father because I was fond of children.
-If there is a change, there must be something that changes, but at the same time does not change.
-All things are full of gods.
-Nothing is more active than thought, because it travels through the universe, and nothing is stronger than need because all needs are subordinate to it.
-Beauty does not come from a beautiful body, but from beautiful actions.
-If there is neither excessive wealth nor immoderate poverty in a nation, then it can be said that justice will prevail.
-Suretyship (Dogma) is the harbinger of ruin.
-Work is capable of increasing virtue as the arts do not.
-May moderation be your oracle.
-The statesmen are like surgeons; your mistakes are deadly
-The understanding is the fastest, since it runs through everything.
-Getting what you want is the supreme pleasure.
-Look for a single wisdom
-If you are looking for a solution, but cannot find it, ask the time.
-He will break the tongue of charlatans.
-If envy is natural in men, hide your prosperity.
-Moderate your words. Let them not build a wall between you and those who live with you.
-Oh Tales! You are not able to see what is happening at your feet and you want to perceive what is happening in the sky. (Phrase said by her personal assistant).
-Many words are not proof of the wise man, because the wise man only speaks when necessary, and the words are measured and correspond to the need.
-I will be rewarded enough if by telling others you will not claim the discovery as your own, but will say it was mine.
-Placing your stick at the end of the shadow of the pyramid, you made two triangles with the sun's rays, and thus you proved that the pyramid (height) was for the stick (height) like the shadow of the pyramid to the shadow of the stick.
-Nothing is older than God, because it was never created; nothing more beautiful than the world, it is the work of that same God; nothing is more active than thought, as it flies over the entire universe; nothing is stronger than need, because everyone must submit to it.
-There are three attributes of which I am grateful to fortune: that I was born, first of all, human and not animal; Second, male and not female; and third, Greek and not barbarian.