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gptkb:philosopher
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| gptkbp:associatedWith |
gptkb:Milesian_school
gptkb:ancient_Greek_philosophy natural philosophy the concept of causality the philosophical inquiry into the nature of reality the early development of Western philosophy the study of the natural world the exploration of the fundamental nature of reality the transition from mythological to rational explanations the_Milesian_school_of_thought the_origins_of_Western_scientific_thought |
| gptkbp:bornIn |
gptkb:Miletus
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| gptkbp:contributedTo |
astronomy
geometry the development of scientific thought |
| gptkbp:designedBy |
the concept of a single substance
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| gptkbp:diedIn |
gptkb:Miletus
6th century BC |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Thales of Miletus
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| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Pythagoras
Aristotle Plato Anaximander the scientific method |
| gptkbp:is_featured_in |
one of the Seven Sages of Greece
the father of science the first mathematician the first philosopher |
| gptkbp:knownFor |
his influence on later philosophers
his legacy in philosophy and science founding pre-Socratic philosophy his contributions to early scientific thought his emphasis on observation and reasoning his ideas on the nature of matter his philosophical inquiries into existence his role in the history of philosophy his work in geometry and astronomy predicting a solar eclipse the principle of water as the source of all things theory of everything being water his belief in rational explanations for natural phenomena his contributions to the understanding of the universe the_theorem_of_Thales |
| gptkbp:philosophy |
cosmology
ethics metaphysics |
| gptkbp:research |
mathematics
natural phenomena |
| gptkbp:taught |
gptkb:Anaximenes
Anaximander |