When1: -590
When2: -560
Who: Thales of Miletus
What: philosopher/mathematician/physicist
Where: Miletus, Ionia
works\ On the Solstice [-590 to -560]; On the Equinox [-590 to -560]; Nautical Star Guide [-590 to -560]
Detail: He lived -624 to -547, described Babylonian geometry for calculating heights and distances, was first known Western philosopher and scientist, and began Milesian School (Ionian School). He founded Greek geometry, astronomy, and philosophy. He formalized empirical measuring techniques by making axioms and proving theorems. He studied static electricity.
Epistemology
Experience and thought are different. Experience can be illusory or ambiguous, because objects are too small, sense organs are faulty, or people perceive something that is not there. Thought can be opinion or fact.
Metaphysics
Water is common principle of universe.
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