Thales Quotes


Know thyself.


Context

Thales of Miletus


Citations

Thales, ~ 624 BC – ~ 546 BC, Greek Philosopher & Mathematician, Quoted in Diogenes Laërtius, The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers: The Seven Sages

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Thales of Miletus (/ˈθeɪliːz/ THAY-leez; Greek: Θαλῆς (ὁ Μιλήσιος), Thalēs; c. 624/623 – c. 548/545 BC) was a Greek mathematician, astronomer and pre-Socratic philosopher from Miletus in Ionia, Asia Minor. He was one of the Seven Sages of Greece. Many, most notably Aristotle, regarded him as the first philosopher in the Greek tradition, and he is otherwise historically recognized as the first individual in Western civilization known to have entertained and engaged in scientific philosophy.