"Thales, the founder of this school of philosophy, says the permanent entity is water (which is why he also propounded that the earth floats on water). Presumably he derived this assumption from seeing that the nutriment of everything is moist, and that heat itself is generated from moisture and depends upon it for its existence (and that from which a thing is generated is always its first principle). He derived his assumption, then, from this; and also from the fact that the seeds of everything have a moist nature, whereas water is the first principle of the nature of moist things." Aristotle, Metaphysics Sound by Chris Silver T. and Massimo Croce Photo by Vas Man Graphic design by neta Mastering by Dimitris Misirlis (MATRIX STUDIO ATHENS) and Massimo Croce (BUNKER STUDIO FERRARA) special thanks Christina Rapti Further information: http://www.myspace.com/nostockgr http://www.myspace.com/crocemassimo