Thales was born in 620 B.C. in the Ionian city of Miletus. He died in 546 B.C., Thales is supposedly the founder of all philosophy He created it and helped people understand it. Thales also could tell when their would be a solar eclipse He had many friends and was very smart and clever. Thales helped all of the other philosophers understand it and they discover things like geometry. One of his famous quotes was "The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself" This quote means that it is very difficult to know yourself, and it is the most difficult thing in life. Overall Thales was a very smart man and helped create our society today. Two Vocab terms that could be associated with Thales are