Thales

Why has Thales been so withdrawn lately?

Thales said there was no difference between life and death. "Why, then," said some one to him, "do not you die?" "Because," said he, "it does make no difference."

When Thales was asked what was difficult, he said, "To know one’s self." And what was easy, "To advise another."

Thales used the astronomical records of the Babylonians and Egyptians to accurately predict a solar eclipse in the sixth century BC.

Thales believed the Earth was flat and floated on water like a log.