7 ideas
1597 | Thales was the first western thinker to believe the arché was intelligible [Roochnik on Thales] |
3013 | Nothing is stronger than necessity, which rules everything [Thales, by Diog. Laertius] |
22200 | If you eliminate the impossible, the truth will remain, even if it is weird [Conan Doyle] |
1494 | Thales said water is the first principle, perhaps from observing that food is moist [Thales, by Aristotle] |
1713 | Thales must have thought soul causes movement, since he thought magnets have soul [Thales, by Aristotle] |
7902 | The Buddha made flowers float in the air, to impress people, and make them listen [Mahavastu] |
1742 | Thales said the gods know our wrong thoughts as well as our evil actions [Thales, by Diog. Laertius] |