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Thales von Milet
Geburtstag: 624 v.Chr
Todesdatum: 547 v.Chr
Thales von Milet war ein antiker griechischer Philosoph, Mathematiker und Astronom, der in Milet lebte.
Thales gilt als der erste Philosoph, das heißt als erster systematischer Denker der abendländischen Tradition. Bereits Aristoteles und der antike Philosophiehistoriker Diogenes Laertios lassen ihre Philosophiegeschichten mit ihm beginnen. Die moderne Philosophiegeschichte zählt ihn zur Gruppe der Vorsokratiker.
Ob Thales Schriften verfasst hat, ist unbekannt. Das Wenige, das heute von ihm bekannt ist, ist Werken anderer antiker Autoren entnommen.
Photo: Wilhelm Meyer, own scan / Public domain
Zitate Thales von Milet
„Bürge, doch den Schaden rechne dir selbst zu!“
gemäß "Ludus septem sapientum" von Ausonius der von Thales stammende aus den Sprüchen der Sieben Weisen
„Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else possess hope still.“
— Thales
A Dictionary of Thoughts (1908) by Tryon Edwards, p. 234
„A multitude of words is no proof of a prudent mind.“
— Thales
As quoted in Diogenes Laërtius, The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, I, 35; as translated in Dictionary of Quotations (Classical) edited by Thomas Benfield Harbottle, p. 455
Also translated as: "Many words do not declare an understanding heart."
Original: (el) Οὔ τι τὰ πολλὰ ἔπη φρονίμην ἀπεφήνατο δόξαν
„Nothing is more ancient than God, for He was never created“
— Thales
As quoted in Love and Live Or Kill and Die: Realities of the Destruction of Human Life (2009) by James H. Wilson, p. 72
Variants:
Strongest is Necessity because it governs all things.
As quoted in Symbolism of the Sphere: A Contribution to the History of Earlier Greek Philosophy (1977), by Otto Brendel p. 36
Nothing is more active than thought, for it travels over the universe, and nothing is stronger than necessity for all must submit to it.
As quoted in Business Management Controls: A Guide (2012) by John Kyriazoglou, p. 55
Kontext: Nothing is more ancient than God, for He was never created; nothing more beautiful than the world, it is the work of that same God; nothing is more active than thought, for it flies over the whole universe; nothing is stronger than necessity, for all must submit to it.
„Place is the greatest thing, as it contains all things.“
— Thales
As quoted in Diogenes Laërtius, The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, I, 35
Original: (el) Μέγιστον τόπος· ἅπαντα γὰρ χωρεῖ
„Time is the wisest of all things that are; for it brings everything to light.“
— Thales
As quoted in Diogenes Laërtius, The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, I, 35
Original: (el) Σοφώτατον χρόνος· ἀνευρίσκει γὰρ πάντα.
„Placing your stick at the end of the shadow of the pyramid, you made by the sun's rays two triangles, and so proved that the pyramid [height] was to the stick [height] as the shadow of the pyramid to the shadow of the stick.“
— Thales
W. W. Rouse Ball, A Short Account of the History of Mathematics (1893, 1925)
„Avoid doing what you would blame others for doing.“
— Thales
As quoted in Diogenes Laërtius, The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, I, 36
Cf. Golden Rule
Original: (el) Ἐὰν ἃ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἐπιτιμῶμεν, αὐτοὶ μὴ δρῶμεν
