Youth's Magazine,  3rd ser. 3 (1830), 245–46.

Thales

B V

Genre:

Biography

Subjects:

Ancient Authorities, Mathematics, Astronomy, Religion, Creation


    Relates that Thales 'introduced the knowledge of mathematics into Greece, foretold solar eclipses, and divided the year into 365 days.' Reports that he gave quasi-theistical answers to a 'sophist wishing to puzzle him with difficult questions'. (245)



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