Thales fr. 20 (Hippolytus, Refutation of all Heresies. 1.1.1)

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“Water is the beginning and the end of everything.”

 

[οὕτος ἔφη] ἀρχὴν τοῦ παντὸς εἶναι καὶ τέλος τὸ ὕδωρ

 

So, we don’t really have anything by Thales, but this summary comes from the aspirationally named Refutation of all Heresies.

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Original translations of famous words from Ancient Greece and Rome

4 thoughts on “Thales fr. 20 (Hippolytus, Refutation of all Heresies. 1.1.1)”

  1. Apparently MST3K’s legendary “Water: the source of all bad movies” was just paraphrasing this. Who knew.

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