The man typically credited with being the very first philosopher, Thales of Miletus, is reputed to have been an expert in astronomy, and to have made a killing on the olive oil market by renting all ...

Will Bouwman on how Thales, Anaximander, Pythagoras, Parmenides & Zeno established empiricism, maths & logic as dominant features of Western thinking. According to Aristotle, the first Greek ...

Thales proposed that water is the origin of all things. Nietzsche claimed that this must be taken seriously for three reasons. His manner of living was in accordance with his thought. He dressed and ...

1.1. Western Philosophy - Needs justification, so-called knowledge to really be such a thing must rest of a foundation. 1.1.1. Truth and Knowledge ends in themselves, shape our actions. 1.2. American ...

According to classical tradition, Thales of Miletus predicted the total solar eclipse ... others have struggled to find cycles which would justify the achievement of the philosopher. Some of the ...