Associations to the word «Thales»

Wiktionary

THALES, proper noun. A pre-Socratic Greek philosopher from Miletus in Asia Minor.

Dictionary definition

THALES, 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).

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin