He is also the first known to whom a mathematical discovery has been attributed. He is the first known individual to use deductive reasoning applied to geometry by deriving four corollaries to Thales' theorem. In mathematics, Thales used geometry to calculate the heights of pyramids and the distance of ships from the shore. Aristotle regarded him as the founder of the Ionian School of philosophy, and reported Thales' hypothesis that the originating principle of nature and the nature of matter was a single material substance: water. Almost all the other pre-Socratic philosophers followed him in explaining nature as deriving from a unity of everything based on the existence of a single ultimate substance instead of using mythological explanations. Thales is recognized for breaking from the use of mythology to explain the world and the universe, instead explaining natural objects and phenomena by offering naturalistic theories and hypotheses. He is often referred to as the Father of Science. Many, most notably Aristotle, regarded him as the first philosopher in the Greek tradition, and he is otherwise historically recognized as the first individual known to have entertained and engaged in scientific philosophy. 548/545 BC) was a Greek mathematician, astronomer, statesman, and pre-Socratic philosopher from Miletus in Ionia, Asia Minor. Thales of Miletus ( / ˈ θ eɪ l iː z/ THAY-leez Greek: Θαλῆς c.
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