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Etching by Jacob de Gheyn III showing Thales of Miletus seated with a long beard, draped in robes, holding a compass over an open book with geometric diagrams. Chord in a circle
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Agathon (centre) greeting guests in "Plato's Symposium" oil on canvas by Anselm Feuerbach, 1869; in the Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany.
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Jacob de Gheyn III: Thales of Miletus
Pre-Socratic philosopher Thales of Miletus, etching by Jacob de Gheyn III, 1616;...
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The ancient Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus is generally credited with giving...
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