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Anaximander

Ancient Greek naturalist, geographer and natural philosopher
Date of Birth:
Country: Greece

Content:
  1. Anaximander: The Greek Philosopher of Infinity
  2. Early Life and Influences
  3. The Apeiron: The Principle of Infinity
  4. The Emergence of the Universe
  5. Celestial Observations and Inventions
  6. Influence and Legacy

Anaximander: The Greek Philosopher of Infinity

Anaximander, a renowned ancient Greek natural philosopher, geographer, and pre-Socratic philosopher, lived from approximately to after BCE.

He was a pupil of Thales and the author of the first known philosophical treatise in Greek, titled "On Nature."

Early Life and Influences

Anaximander was born in Miletus, a Greek city on the coast of Ionia, in BCE. As an Ionian natural philosopher, he shared a common interest in understanding the origins and fundamental principles of the universe.

However, unlike his contemporaries who attributed the world's origins to physical elements such as water or air, An Anaximander and his contribution to cosmology | Britannica WYK