Thales's

Leucippus, a century or so after Thales's death, came up with the idea of atoms, the smallest pieces of matter, which, roaming though empty space, hook up in various ways to form everything -- pretty much how we see it today, more than 2,000 years later.

What is a scientist? ewillett 2008

Thales's was exactly the same; both of them contrived to procure a monopoly for themselves: it is useful also for politicians to understand these things, for many states want to raise money and by such means, as well as private families, nay more so; for which reason some persons who are employed in the management of public affairs confine themselves to this province only.

Politics: A Treatise on Government 384 BC-322 BC Aristotle

It has already been suggested that the test of Thales's conception lay in the possibility of deriving nature from it.

The Approach to Philosophy Ralph Barton Perry 1916

Doubtless this association was of influence in shaping the development of Thales's mind.

A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume I: The Beginnings of Science 1904

It is said that Anaximander departed from Thales's conception of the earth, and, it may be added, from the Babylonian conception also, in that he conceived it as a cylinder, or rather as a truncated cone, the upper end of which is the habitable portion.

A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume I: The Beginnings of Science 1904

The coincidence is certainly very striking between Thales's retirement to 'Cambria's solitary shore' and Savage's retirement to Wales.

Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887

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Leg. that this was Thales's opinion which he commends, Homines existimare oportere deos omnia cernere, deorum omnia esse plena; "That men ought to believe, that the gods see all things, that all things are full of them."

The Works of Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury. Vol. 07. 1630-1694 1820

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