In the Histories, Herodotus wrote that this philosopher countered Bias of Priene's advice that the Ionians emigrate to Sardinia with a proposal that the Ionians instead establish a council chamber at the city of Teos.
In the Histories, Herodotus wrote that this philosopher countered Bias of Priene's advice that the Ionians emigrate to Sardinia with a proposal that the Ionians instead establish a council chamber at the city of Teos. Simplicius credited this man with writing a Nautical Star-Guide, and Callimachus wrote of how this man advised sailors to navigate by Ursa Minor, rather than Ursa Major. According to Aristotle, this philosopher believed that "all things are full of gods," and that because magnetic objects have the power to move iron, they have souls. He's not Euclid, but this philosopher is credited with the discovery of five geometric theorems, including that a circle is bisected by its diameter. Several sources hold that this man predicted an event that stopped a battle between Lydia and Media, a solar eclipse. For 10 points, name this pre-Socratic philosopher from Miletus, who considered water to be the original principle of nature.
In the Histories, Herodotus wrote that this philosopher countered Bias of Priene's advice that the Ionians emigrate to Sardinia with a proposal that the Ionians instead establish a council chamber at the city of Teos.
Thales of Miletus &lt;Philosophy&gt;