Multi-choice question: Same meaning?
The poetic cosmogony of Thales , who made water the first element , can be seen as a natural excess of this pre-socratic thinking .
The pre-Socratic cosmogony of Thales , who made water the first element , may be seen as a natural outgrowth of this poetic thinking .

Options are:
(a). no.
(b). yes.
(a).