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Thales of Miletos (, ca. 624 BC?ca. 546 BC), was a pre-Socratic Milesian
philosopher and one of the Seven Sages of Greece. Many regard him as the
first philosopher in the Greek tradition, while some also consider him the
"father of science".
Life Thales lived around 624 BC?547 BC and was born in the city of
Miletus ( transliterated Miletos, ) an ancient Ionian seaport on the
western coast of Asia Minor (in what is today the Aydin Province of
Turkey), near the mouth of the Maeander River.
Background The dates of Thales' life are not known precisely. The time
of his life is roughly established by a few dateable events mentioned in
the sources and an estimate of his length of life. According to Herodotus,
Thales once predicted a solar eclipse which has been determined by modern
methods to have been on May 28, 585 BC.Herodotus,
