Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher
A Greek philosopher in Miletus around 600 BC who put forward the idea that nature runs on laws — not gods — and that everything comes from something infinite and unnamed. He drew one of the first maps of the world and wrote his thinking down, making him the earliest philosopher whose work entered the written record.
Anaximander studied under Thales in the Milesian school, then took over as its second master and taught Anaximenes and possibly Pythagoras. He worked across disciplines: in astronomy he tried to explain how celestial bodies move relative to Earth; in physics he proposed the apeiron — the infinite — as the source of all things, a leap in abstraction for Greek thought. He introduced the gnomon, a sundial instrument, to Greece using his geometry knowledge, and created a map of the world that pushed geography forward. He also served Miletus politically and was sent to lead one of its colonies. Onl…
Sourced, dated quotes from Anaximander
All things must in equity again decline into that whence they have their origin for they must give satisfaction and atonement for injustice each in the order of time.
There cannot be a single, simple body which is infinite, either, as some hold, one distinct from the elements, which they then derive from it, nor without this qualification.
The Earth is cylindrical, three times as wide as it is deep, and only the upper part is inhabited.
News and signals about Anaximander
No platforms connected yet.
The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.
Similar profiles worth watching
Turkey
.jpg?width=1200)
