Thalész idézet
Thalész
Születési dátum: 624 i.e.
Halál dátuma: 547 i.e.
Milétoszi Thalész . A hét bölcs egyike, a matematika és filozófia atyja, a materialista milétoszi filozófiai iskola első képviselője, a legkorábbi görög természetfilozófus. Ő az első olyan görög matematikus, akinek neve fennmaradt. Wikipedia
Idézetek Thalész
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„All things are full of gods.“
— Thales
παντα πληρη θεων ειναι
Panta plêrê theôn einai.
As quoted in Aristotle, De Anima, 411a
— Thales
W. W. Rouse Ball, A Short Account of the History of Mathematics (1893, 1925)
„Time is the wisest of all things that are; for it brings everything to light.“
— Thales
As quoted in Diogenes Laërtius, The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, I, 35
Eredeti: (el) Σοφώτατον χρόνος· ἀνευρίσκει γὰρ πάντα.
„Avoid doing what you would blame others for doing.“
— Thales
As quoted in Diogenes Laërtius, The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, I, 36
Cf. Golden Rule
Eredeti: (el) Ἐὰν ἃ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἐπιτιμῶμεν, αὐτοὶ μὴ δρῶμεν
„Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else possess hope still.“
— Thales
A Dictionary of Thoughts (1908) by Tryon Edwards, p. 234
„Nothing is more ancient than God, for He was never created“
— Thales
As quoted in Love and Live Or Kill and Die: Realities of the Destruction of Human Life (2009) by James H. Wilson, p. 72
Variants:
Strongest is Necessity because it governs all things.
As quoted in Symbolism of the Sphere: A Contribution to the History of Earlier Greek Philosophy (1977), by Otto Brendel p. 36
Nothing is more active than thought, for it travels over the universe, and nothing is stronger than necessity for all must submit to it.
As quoted in Business Management Controls: A Guide (2012) by John Kyriazoglou, p. 55
Kontextus: Nothing is more ancient than God, for He was never created; nothing more beautiful than the world, it is the work of that same God; nothing is more active than thought, for it flies over the whole universe; nothing is stronger than necessity, for all must submit to it.
„Place is the greatest thing, as it contains all things.“
— Thales
As quoted in Diogenes Laërtius, The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, I, 35
Eredeti: (el) Μέγιστον τόπος· ἅπαντα γὰρ χωρεῖ
„A multitude of words is no proof of a prudent mind.“
— Thales
As quoted in Diogenes Laërtius, The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, I, 35; as translated in Dictionary of Quotations (Classical) edited by Thomas Benfield Harbottle, p. 455
Also translated as: "Many words do not declare an understanding heart."
Eredeti: (el) Οὔ τι τὰ πολλὰ ἔπη φρονίμην ἀπεφήνατο δόξαν
