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He is said to have died in his seat while watching an athletic contest.
He is said to have died in his seat while watching an athletic contest.
==External links==
There are no surviving writings of Thales. Our knowledge of Thales' life and thought comes to us in the form of commentaries by subsequent writers, principally Aristotle (with particular reference to his ''Metaphysics''), who commented on all of his predecessors, including Thales. Some modern discussions are listed below.
''Web links''
* [http://www.iep.utm.edu/t/thales.htm Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Thales] - contains detailed references to many of the ancient writings discussing Thales
''Print literature''
* Barnes, J., ''Early Greek Philosophy'' (London, 1987)
* [[Frederick Copleston|Copleston, F.C.]], ''History of Philosophy'', Vol 1: Greece and Rome (Part 1 is a section on ''Pre-Socratic Philosophers'')
* Kirk, G.S., Raven, J.E., and Schofield, M., ''The Presocratic Philosophers'' (Cambridge, 1990)
[[category:Ancient Greek Philosophers]]
[[category:Ancient Greek Philosophers]]
[[category:Mathematicians]]
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