<P> Thales was known for his innovative use of geometry . His understanding was theoretical as well as practical . For example, he said: </P> <P> Megiston topos: hapanta gar chorei (Μέγιστον τόπος ἄπαντα γὰρ χωρεῖ .) </P> <P> The greatest is space, for it holds all things . </P> <P> Topos is in Newtonian - style space, since the verb, chorei, has the connotation of yielding before things, or spreading out to make room for them, which is extension . Within this extension, things have a position . Points, lines, planes and solids related by distances and angles follow from this presumption . </P>

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