Circa 550 BC, Thales of Miletus , the philosopher, astronomer and geometer who identified water as the original substance and basis of the universe....
Philosopher and scientist, Thales of Miletus, one of the seven wise men of Greece. Engraved by C. Laplante, after an original by E. Tournois.
God creating Eve from Adam's rib, 1508. Scene from the Bible . It illustrates Thales' concept of the universe based on the four Greek elements with a...
Anaximines , Ancient Greek philosopher, 1493. With Thales and Anaximander, Anaximenes was one of three great thinkers from Miletus. Like the other...
Anaximander , Ancient Greek philosopher, 1493. With Thales and Anaximines, Anaximander was one of the three great thinkers from Miletus. He believed...
