# The Power of Thales as The First Figure in Philosophy

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## Prolegomenon

We realize that man is the most perfect being on earth, because man is equipped with reason and mind. While creatures that do not exist like humans. With no mind and mind so that humans can use with the maximum. By thinking about everything in depth and analyzing also researching. Also have its logic and the ability to think as stated in an opinion or idea is to philosophize. So in general Philosophy is the ability to think according to logic. Not related to certain rules and able to think radically, systematically, and think far so to get to the bottom of the problem.

For this stage I describe the figure who first philosophized, beginning from the Ancient Greeks. Historically philosophy in Ancient Greece, marked by the emergence of various thoughts, whether about reality or nature. thinking in philosophizing is done by contemplation by people who are considered wise, so that it becomes a formula in the proposition of a systematic and wise. It was then that the first philosopher, Thales, began to appear

>Thales (624-546 BC) was born in the city of Miletus, which is the land of the Greeks, the affluent Miletus situation enables the people there to pass the time by discussing and thinking about everything. Thales (624-546 BC) was born in the city of Miletus, which is the overseas land of the Greeks. The prosperous situation of Miletos allows people there to spend time discussing and thinking about everything. 

Miletus was a very strategic city because of the trade routes between Greece, Italy, Egypt and Asia. It is also a transit city. then there is a meeting and exchange of cultural background and thought. So the city of Miletus is also known as the center of intellectuality at the time. His nickname to Thales is "Father of Philosophy" because he is the first person to think philosophically. The title is given because he was the first to philosophize about what is actually the basic material of this earth. Here is the beginning he says that the foundation of everything on earth is water.

> Thales states that water is the basic principle (in Greek arche) everything. Water becomes the base, principal, and foundation of all things that exist in the universe. 

So Thales is known as the first philosopher to think about the first time this universe took place.

Water as the Basic Principle of Everything. In Thales's thought that Water became the base, principal, and foundation of everything. With his persistence and his creative strength and power, without any element outside him, it can be understood that water is capable of appearing in all forms, steady, and non-destructive. Thales's idea is how food, and all living things contain water, and how all living things also need water. So water is said to be a deformable substance. In addition, he also thales gave his thoughts on the view that the earth lies on water. Earth is seen as a material that once out of the sea and over the sea. But Thales left no written proof of his philosophical notion. Thales's thought was primarily derived through the writings pioneered by Aristotle on the thought of thales.

> Thales's thought was regarded as the first philosophical activity for trying to explain the world and its phenomena without relying on myths but on the human ratio. 
 
Aristotle says that Thales was the first to think about the origin of the universe. That is why Thales is also regarded as the pioneer of natural philosophy. In accordance with the above description, Thales states that water is the basic principle of all things. Water becomes the base, principal, and foundation of everything in the universe.


## Thales as The Next Benchmark in The Analysis of  Philosophy Now

When we analyze the first philosopher is Thales, he has a huge influence on other Greek philosophers. Historically Many Thales philosophers followed the lead in seeking explanations in nature rather than in the supernatural, others returning to supernatural explanations, but packed in the language of philosophy, very neatly not mythos. so the way a logical thinker would present a radical world view, is very much different from the way that myth thinkers. In a concrete form, logic is one of the wise ways of thinking, and not just about individualism but also abstract, so it needs to pour deep and deep thoughts, focus on sensible and continuous argumentation. It laid the foundations of philosophy and a way to explain the world in terms of abstract arguments, not myths

## Conclusion

In Thales's thought that Water became the base, principal, and foundation of everything. His nickname to Thales is "Father of Philosophy" because he is the first person to think philosophically. The title is given because he was the first to philosophize about what is actually the basic material of this earth. Here is the beginning he says that the foundation of everything on earth is water. Thales, he had an enormous influence on other Greek philosophers. Historically Many Thales philosophers followed the lead in seeking explanations in nature rather than in the supernatural, others returning to supernatural explanations, but packed in the language of philosophy. This is the power of thales in philosophy.

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