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                                        gptkbp:instanceOf
                                    
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                                            gptkb:mathematician
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:person
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:philosopher
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:astronomer
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:birthDate
                                    
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                                            c. 624 BC
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:birthPlace
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Miletus
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:deathDate
                                    
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                                            c. 546 BC
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:era
                                    
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                                            Ancient philosophy
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:field
                                    
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                                            gptkb:astronomy
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:geometry
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:mathematics
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:philosophy
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:gender
                                    
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                                            gptkb:male
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:influenced
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Heraclitus
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Pythagoras
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Anaximander
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:influencedBy
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Egyptian_mathematics
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            Babylonian astronomy
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:knownFor
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Thales'_theorem
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:pre-Socratic_philosophy
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            founder of Milesian school
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            predicting a solar eclipse
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:language
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Ancient_Greek
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:legacy
                                    
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                                            gptkb:one_of_the_Seven_Sages_of_Greece
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            early scientific method
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            credited with first deductive mathematics
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            first philosopher in Western tradition
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:mainInterest
                                    
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                                            gptkb:astronomy
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:cosmology
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:geometry
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            natural philosophy
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:mentionedIn
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Aristotle's_Metaphysics
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Diogenes_Laƫrtius'_Lives_of_Eminent_Philosophers
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:nationality
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Ancient_Greek
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:notableIdea
                                    
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                                            everything is full of gods
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            use of geometry in practical problems
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            water as the arche (origin of all things)
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:region
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Ionia
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:school
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Milesian_school
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:bfsParent
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Ancient_Philosophy
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:bfsLayer
                                    
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                                        https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
                                    
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                                            Thales
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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