Thales of Miletus

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This pre - Socratic philosopher is considered the father of Western philosophy . Descendants of the Phoenicians , he was born in an ancient colony of Greece , Miletus , located in Asia Minor , now known as Turkey , roughly between 624 and 625 BC

Tales supposedly one of the seven sages of ancient Greece , the Ionian School instituted and established solid knowledge of the truth , the whole , ethics and politics , issues still current today. His reflections revolved around the ' nature' of its four basic elements , earth , air, fire and water . It was a unitary , ie believed that it was comprised of a primary substance , in this case water. Thus , all life had originated it , although his disciples differed as to the essential nature of this body that permeates everything .
Its main followers were Anaximenes , who saw in the air the primitive essence , and Anaximander , who maintained the belief in an infinity of spheres in constant interaction . The most important disseminators of his work , since he wrote nothing about his thoughts were Aristotle, Plato and Diogenes Laertius .
Tales was a visionary philosopher who realized the reality far beyond its time. Living 2460 years before of Charles Darwin , said that the world had evolved from water by natural processes . He walked in all directions from the knowledge of geometry initially learned in Egypt , which he transmitted to the Greeks , the use dorelógio solar to scale the time, the perception of different seasons , to studies of the human soul . It was also the pioneer in understanding the solar eclipse , reaching predict one of these phenomena .
The philosopher is also involved in innovative experiments with magnetism , which in its time represented only a mere curiosity around raw material consists of iron . He was one of the first scholars to reject the religious vision of the ancient Greeks , who saw the components of nature , like the sun , the moon , and other sacred elements , gods to be revered .
Thales of Miletus and the other members of the Ionic School realized the constant transmutation of things, which were converted into each other . Thus , he concluded that all stemmed from a fundamental principle , also known as arche . He therefore sought a new understanding of the universe through reason and experience , breaking the purely religious point of view.




Biography of the philosopher Thales of Miletus

Biography of the philosopher Thales of Miletus
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Thales of Miletus was recognized as the first philosopher in the West and touted as one of the seven sages of ancient Greece . He was born in Miletus , an ancient Greek colony located in Asia Minor , around 645 or 624 BC . Some Tales estudiososconsideram the Father of Western Philosophy . He instituted the Ionic School and established knowledge about ethics, politics , truth and wholeness that are still studied and considered in contemporary times . In philosophy , Tales seuspensamentos revolved around issues of nature and its elements : Earth , Air , Fire and Water . He was a visionary , realized the reality far beyond its time. Tales died probably in 558 or 556 BC .

The thought of Tales

Unlike the ancient Greeks , Thales of Miletus was the first to reject the religious view of the components of nature are sacred , like the sun , the planets and the moon He did not believe that these elements were gods who should be revered . For Thales, the water was the most important element . Was considered a tier to believe that everything was made ​​up of a primordial substance , the water for him . The philosopher believed that all life originated from water would be , although his disciples disagreed with such thinking . They only agreed only in regard to the existence of a single principle for the primordial nature . Innovative experiences as magnetism were part of the discoveries of Thales . The magnetism was something that generated quite a curiosity at the time. He was the first man to explain the solar eclipse to verify that the moon is illuminated by the Sun

Thales of Miletus and Geometry

It was not only in philosophy that Thales stood . His studies in geometry are of great importance to the world . Even in modern times , his discoveries are applied in new research and used to solve mathematical calculations . It was demonstrated that those Tales the base angles of the isosceles triangles are similar , the theorem shows that states of two triangles with two angles on one side respectively equal, are equal. The philosopher also said that every diameter divides a circle into two equal parts , among other discoveries .

Famous quotes the philosopher

" Never do what displeases you make others see . "
" Always look for an occupation , when you can not think of anything but pursue it done right . "
" Not many words always indicate much wisdom . "
" Hold your son what you did with your father . "
 " The greater the space because it fits into everything. The faster is because the intellect goes through everything . The stronger is the need because everything mastered . The wisest time because everything is revealed . "
"Take for yourself what advice you give to others. "
 " Hope is the only good common to all men, those who have nothing more - yet possess . "
" Help thy neighbor to lift his load , but not carregues . "
" The greatest thing in the world is the extension universe, the faster is the thought , the wisest is time and is more expensive and nice to fulfill the will of God . "

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