THALES is considered by ARISTOTLE to be the founder of Ionic philosophy of
nature. The period of his lifetime was calculated according to his famous prognosis
of a solar eclipse in the year 985, that he made in the spring of his life at the age of
40. Since there are no written texts left, different interpretations of his philosophy
emerged soon after his death. He is considered to be the founder of scientific
geometry and he is attributed to have established the axiom of the right-angled
triangle in a semi-circle and to have calculated the height of the pyramids. Water or
humidity are the most basic principles for him. Consequently his earthquake theory
maintains that the movement of the earth disk on the ocean is the cause of
earthquakes.
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