Thales

[ they-leez ]

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Thales

/ ˈθeɪliːz /

Thales?624 bc?546 bcMGreekPHILOSOPHY: philosopherSCIENCE: mathematicianSCIENCE: astronomer ?624–?546 bc , Greek philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer, born in Miletus. He held that water was the origin of all things and he predicted the solar eclipse of May 28, 585 bc

Thales

/ thā′lēz /

Greek philosopher who was considered by later Greek writers to be a founder of geometry and abstract astronomy. He is said to have accurately predicted a solar eclipse in 585 bce , although this and certain other stories associated with Thales have been questioned by modern scholars.

Thales

An ancient philosopher of Greece , called by some the first genuine Greek philosopher. He lived about 600 years before Jesus and about 150 years before Socrates .

Thales is known for predicting an eclipse and thus contributing to the idea that the heavens were separate from the gods.

Under questioning, Thales admitted that it had no experience with lithium-ion batteries in airplanes.

Requests for comment to Thales and Airbus were not answered.

Airbuses have pitot tubes made by two companies—by the U.S. company Goodrich, and by the European company Thales.

It was the Thales manufactured gauges that were discovered on the assembly line with oil in them.

The progress of philosophy from Thales to Plato is the most stupendous triumph of the human intellect.

We do not read of any remarkable philosophical inquirer until Thales arose, the first of the Ionian school.

Anaximenes, the disciple of Thales, pursued his master's inquiries and adopted his method.

Thales felt that there was a grand question to be answered relative to the beginning of things.

The struggles of so many great thinkers, from Thales to Aristotle, all ended in doubt and in despair.

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