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Thales was born more than years before the birth of Christ. He entered life steeped in a culture defined by ancient mythologies.

Thales biography summary organizer

But it is Thales who is said to be among the first to toss aside centuries of nonscientific belief systems. Instead, he attempted to explain physical reality in terms of objective observation, measuring, testing and by developing solid mathematics.

Early Years of Thales

It is believed that Thales was born around the year B.C.

in the Ionian city of Miletus, which today is located on the western coast of Turkey. Because of the vast timescale, specific details of just where or when Thales was born are sketchy. Some ancient sources name his parents as Examyes and Cleobuline.

It is possible and likely that his family was of the higher class, and perhaps even wealthy merchants. Some have traced th