English noun: Thales of Miletus | |||
1. | Thales of Miletus (person) 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) | ||
Synonyms | Thales | ||
Instance hypernym | astronomer, philosopher, stargazer, uranologist | ||