Associations to the word «Thales»

Wiktionary

THALES, proper noun. A pre-Socratic Greek philosopher from Miletus in Asia Minor.

Dictionary definition

THALES, noun. A presocratic Greek philosopher and astronomer (who predicted an eclipse in 585 BC) who was said by Aristotle to be the founder of physical science; he held that all things originated in water (624-546 BC).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats