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During the time of the Presocratic philosophers, theorizing on metaphysics was an exceptionally popular subject. The biggest dialectic talked about was the primary principal that was the one substance which “made up” everything on the planet. Possible elements came from anything like air to fire, or even numbers. Thales, considered by many to be the earliest philosopher, believed that this one element was water. Although this theory might seem odd in the modern world, it may have some truth behind it. Though the reason Thales chose this element cannot be answered with sureness, Aristotle says that Thales "probably derived his opinion from observing that the nutriment of all things is moist, and that even actual heat is generated therefrom, and that animal life is sustained by water... and from the fact that the sees of all thing