Thales, Pythagoras, and Heraclitus

Thales, Pythagoras, and Heraclitus formed part of one of the earliest group of ancient Greek Philosophers. They were revolutionaries in that they explored the functioning of the world using their rational minds. As such, even though they disagreed on some basic principles it is not a stretch to call these three legends the fathers of rational thought.

Thales was a member of the Milesian school. They believed that "the complex world has a simple, permanent underpinning in the reality of a single kind of stuff from which all else emerges" (Traylor). Thales believed that all things came from water, and was legendary for his mathematical abilities which most famously included being able to predic

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