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Chapter 5 - MAN OF ECLIPSE

One of the legendary seven wise men of antiquity

For him the essence of life is based on water

With earth a flat disk floating on a vast sea

Thales of Miletus a great scholar of the century

On a battle field, while others fled

Thales stood and recognised eclipse as it took place

A man with a little knowledge of Astronomy

Was claimed to be the founder of European philosophy

Thales geometric theorems

A circle is bisected by its diameter

Angles in a triangle opposite two sides of equal length are equal

Opposite angles formed by intersecting straight lines are equal

A triangle is determined if it's base and two angles at the base are given

A man! With an utmost knowledge of mathematics

If I existed in the 90's, Thales would've been my great teacher

Thales is the talent the current world needs