Watch Famous People of the World - Famous Philosophers - Thales of Miletus

May 28th, 585 B.C...The residents of the town of Miletus in Asia minor, were terror stricken. The sun seemed to disappear unexpectedly in broad daylight. Only one person, a wiseman, Thelus by name, remained calm. He didn't see anything supernatural at what happened. It was he who was able to calculate accurately the time of the sun's eclipse.