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Anaximander was an early proponent of science and tried to observe and explain different aspects of the universe, with a particular interest in its origins, claiming that nature is ruled by laws, just like human societies, and anything that disturbs the balance of nature does not last long. [7]
Anaximander, Greek philosopher who was the first to develop a cosmology, or systematic philosophical view of the world. He held an evolutionary view of living things, in which humans originated from some other kind of animal, and he drew a map of the known world.
Anaximander (c. 610—546 B.C.E.) Anaximander was the author of the first surviving lines of Western philosophy. He speculated and argued about “the Boundless” as the origin of all that is. He also worked on the fields of what we now call geography and biology.
Sep 2, 2009 · Anaximander of Miletus (l. c. 610 - c. 546 BCE) was one of the early Pre-Socratic Philosophers who lay the foundation for the deveopment of Western Philosophy. He was a student of Thales of Miletus (l. c. 585 BCE), recognized as the first philosopher of ancient Greece.
Anaximander, (born 610 bc, Miletus—died 546/545 bc ), Greek philosopher, often called the founder of astronomy. He apparently wrote treatises on geography, astronomy, and cosmology that survived for several centuries and made a map of the known world. He was the first thinker to develop a cosmology.
Anaximander (c. 610 - 546 B.C.) was an early Pre-Socratic philosopher from the Greek city of Miletus in Ionia (modern-day Turkey). He was a key figure in the Milesian School, as a student of Thales and teacher of Anaximenes and Pythagoras.
Dec 10, 2021 · As John Burnet points out in his book Early Greek Philosophy: “Anaximander taught, then, that there was an eternal, indestructible something out of which everything arises, and into which everything returns; a boundless stock from which the waste of existence is continually made good.”
Mar 3, 2023 · Anaximander was a pre-Socratic philosopher who made significant contributions to the study of nature with his theories about the origins and diversity of life on Earth. Anaximander believed that all living things evolved from a primordial state, and that the diversity of life on Earth was the result of a process of natural selection.
Lived c. 610 BC - c 546 BC. 2,600 years ago, Anaximander became the first person in recorded history to recognize that the earth exists as a solitary body which does not need to rest on top of anything else. Fascinated by the structure of the earth, he produced one of the first ever maps.
Apr 10, 2019 · Anaximander was a Greek philosopher who had a deep interest in cosmology as well as a systematic view of the world (Encyclopedia Britannica). Although little about his life and world is known today he was one of the first philosophers to write down his studies and he was an advocate of science and trying to understand the structure ...
