Thales på engelsk

Eksempler på Thales

• Hvorfor har Thales været så tilbagetrukket på det seneste?
• Why has Thales been so withdrawn lately?

• Thales mente, at Jorden var flad og flød på vand som en stamme.
• Thales believed the Earth was flat and floated on water like a log.

• Thales brugte de astronomiske optegnelser fra babylonerne og egypterne til præcist at forudsige en solformørkelse i det sjette århundrede f.Kr.
• Thales used the astronomical records of the Babylonians and Egyptians to accurately predict a solar eclipse in the sixth century BC.

• Da Thales blev spurgt, hvad der var svært, sagde han: "At kende sig selv." Og hvad der var let: "At rådgive en anden."
• When Thales was asked what was difficult, he said, "To know one’s self." And what was easy, "To advise another."

• Thales sagde, at der ingen forskel var mellem liv og død. "Hvorfor dør du så ikke?" sagde nogen til ham. "Fordi," sagde han, "det gør ingen forskel."
• Thales said there was no difference between life and death. "Why, then," said some one to him, "do not you die?" "Because," said he, "it does make no difference."