Antiquity. Fales from Miletus

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One of the largest philosophers of this school is Fales from a city of Miletus (apprx. 620-540 BC). The first of wise men known to us he began to argue on the nature; the first has understood that solar eclipses occur, when the Moon closes a sun.

Fales from Miletus belongs to number ' seven wise men ' a classical antiquity and it is considered the father of an Ancient Greek science. In olden time writers called Falesa the first philosopher, the first physicist, the first mathematician and the astronomer. So honourable differences testify that Fales was the person of all-round interest.

Being the founder ionijskoj schools of philosophers of the nature, simultaneously he actively participated in a political and economic life of the policy (city) of Miletus which some time was under sovereignty of the Persian satraps. Contrary to many legends, Fales was the person practical, maintained brisk relations with scientists from Egypt, Phoenicia and Babylon where were taken out valued ancient miletskie fabrics. It, in particular, was the cause for numerous trips of Falesa to these edges. Most likely, these trips have allowed Falesu to familiarise with achievements of mathematics and astronomy of Egypt and Babylonia. Under the certificate of ancient writers, Fales has predicted the Sun total eclipse on May, 28th 585 BC and has measured height of pyramids by means of a shade rejected by them (on the basis of similarity of triangles). It has made also definition of one of theorems of elementary geometry, that is has formulated the theorem of proportionality of pieces of the sides of angle crossed by two parallel lines. He has made experiments with amber - the first physical experiences from area of the electric phenomena.

Philosophical sights of Falesy Are characteristic. It has torn with representations dominating to it about occurrence of the Universe and mythological explanations of the natural phenomena. All variety of the phenomena and prophetic Fales erected to a uniform basis, pervonachalu, or pervostihii which, in its opinion, consisted in ' to the damp nature ', that is in the water surrounding from different directions the flat Earth. Lnaksimandr, the pupil of Anaksimandra - Anaksimen was its pupil.