person
Thales of Miletus
Thales
also: Thales
The Milesian, reckoned wisest of the Seven Sages; Cicero quotes his saying that all things men behold are full of gods as a ground for civic piety.
Reading notes
- On the Nature of the Gods §1.25 Thales of Miletus
The earliest Greek natural philosopher (early sixth century BC), who made water the first principle of all things. Cotta begins his doxography (survey of opinions) with him.