Thales, too, to judge from what is recorded about him, seems to have held soul to be a motive force, since he said that the magnet has a soul in it because it moves the iron.
Zdá sa, že podľa toho, čo sa spomína, aj Táles pokladal dušu za čosi pohyblivé, keď povedal, že magnetovec má dušu, pretože hýbe železom.