Thales
Thales
Thales of Miletus, Thalēs; c. 624 – c. 546 BC) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, mathematician and astronomer from Miletus in Asia Minor, current day Milet in Turkey and one of the Seven Sages of Greece. Many, most notably Aristotle, regard him as the first philosopher in the Greek tradition, and he is otherwise historically recognised as the first individual in Western civilisation known to have entertained and engaged in scientific thought,...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPhilosopher
science discovery engineering
I will be sufficiently rewarded if when telling it to others you will not claim the discovery as your own, but will say it was mine.
all-things
Place is the greatest thing, as it contains all things.
brightness labor idleness
As brightness is to rustiness, so labor excelleth idleness.
grateful men animal
There are three attributes for which I am grateful to Fortune: that I was born, first, human and not animal; second, man and not woman; and third, Greek and not barbarian.
secrecy
Conceal thy domestic ills.
possession humans universal
Hope is the most universal of human possessions.
two pyramids shadow
Placing your stick at the end of the shadow of the pyramid, you made by the sun's rays two triangles, and so proved that the pyramid [height] was to the stick [height] as the shadow of the pyramid to the shadow of the stick.
good-life ruins dogma
Suretyship (Dogma) is the precursor of ruin.
healthy soul body
[One] who is healthy in body, resourceful in soul and of a readily teachable nature.
good-life light all-things
Time is the wisest of all things that are; for it brings everything to light.
wise men needs
Many words are not proof of the wise man, because the sage only talk when it's needed, and the words are measured and corresponding with the need.
mind prudent proof
A multitude of words is no proof of a prudent mind.
children father
I did not become a father because I am fond of children.
justice environmental may
If there is neither excessive wealth nor immoderate poverty in a nation, then justice may be said to prevail.