Top 5 Thales Quotes

ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician

Thales (; c. 624 BC – c. 546 BC) was a philosopher born in Tyre, South of Lebanon and one of the Seven Sages of Greece. He has been called the "father of science."

From: Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Native Name: Θαλῆς ὁ Μιλήσιος

Alternative Names: Thales of Miletus

From Wikidata (CC0)

Nothing is more ancient than God, for He was never created; nothing more beautiful than the world, it is the work of that same God; nothing is more active than thought, for it flies over the whole universe; nothing is stronger than necessity, for all must submit to it.

Do not ask who started it. Finish it

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.

Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else possess hope still.

Water is the first principle of everything.

Top 5 Thales Quotes

Unlimited Quote Collections