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Thales of Miletus   Listen
Thales of Miletus

noun
1.
A presocratic Greek philosopher and astronomer (who predicted an eclipse in 585 BC) who was said by Aristotle to be the founder of physical science; he held that all things originated in water (624-546 BC).  Synonym: Thales.






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