Thales' view that all of nature is based on the existence of a single ultimate substance, which he theorized to be water, was widely influential among the philosophers of his time. Thales thought the Earth floated on water.
Thales' view that all of nature is based o.n the existence of a single ultimate substance, which he theorized to be water was widely influential among the philosophers of his time. Thales thought the Earth floated on water