It is said that Thales the Milesian, one of the seven sages, was the first to take in hand natural philosophy. He said that the beginning and end of the universe was water; for that from its solidification and redissolution all things have been constructed and that all are borne about by it.


Pg. 35 - Philosophumena; or the Or The Refutation Of All Heresies

Hippolytus of Rome Quotes

It is said that Thales the Milesian, one of the seven sages, was the first to take in hand natural philosophy. He said that the beginning and end of...

It is said that Thales the Milesian, one of the seven sages, was the first to take in hand natural philosophy. He said that the beginning and end of...

It is said that Thales the Milesian, one of the seven sages, was the first to take in hand natural philosophy. He said that the beginning and end of...

It is said that Thales the Milesian, one of the seven sages, was the first to take in hand natural philosophy. He said that the beginning and end of...