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
good-life things-in-life development
The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.
good-life blame doing-good
Avoid doing what you would blame others for doing.
mind prudent proof
A multitude of words is no proof of a prudent mind.
take-time
Take Time by the forelock.
justice environmental may
If there is neither excessive wealth nor immoderate poverty in a nation, then justice may be said to prevail.
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.
good-life ruins dogma
Suretyship (Dogma) is the precursor of ruin.
health men mind
What man is happy? He who has a healthy body, a resourceful mind, and a docile nature.
secrecy
Conceal thy domestic ills.
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.
possession humans universal
Hope is the most universal of human possessions.