Thales of Miletus and his Thoughts on the Universe

Thales of Miletus (c.624 BC – c.AD 545) founded the Ionian school of the ancient Greek thinkers. Furthermore, at that time, he was known as one of the seven sages. In fact, even Aristotle himself came to regard Thales as the founder of natural philosophy. This was because he was the first Greek to search for the ultimate principle of everything. He considered this to be water. Thales lived in Athens. Some texts suggest he was educated by an Egyptian priest. He was deeply involved in astronomy-related problems. In fact, he provided a series of supernatural explanations for certain cosmological…