Certainly Thales was a figure of enormous prestige, being the only philosopher before Socrates to be among the Seven Sages. Plutarch, writing of these Seven Sages, says that (see):
Totoong Thales ay isang figure ng katakut-takot pagkakilala, na ang lamang ng pilosopo bago Socrates na sa hanay ng Seven Sages. Plutarch, pagsulat ng mga Seven Sages, sabi ni na (makita):