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Scientist of the Day - Anaximander of Miletus

Carved relief of Anaximander, with his name inscribed, possibly 2nd c. B.C.E., Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome (worldhistory.org)

Anaximander of Miletus was a pre-Socratic philosopher who lived in Miletus in Ionia, a collection of Greek cities on the western coast of Asa Minor. He was born about 610 B.C.E. and died around 545 B.C.E. Along with his teacher, Thales of Miletus, and his pupil Anaximenes, Anaximander is considered one of the founders of Western philosophy and Western science. We have recently written posts on Thales and Anaximenes.

Thales had launched the Milesian school by asking, what is the fundamental substance out of which the universe was fashioned. He broke with the mythopoeic view of the Babylonians and the archaic Greeks by carefully not asking, who made the universe, and why? With Thales, it was all what and how? Making no reference to the idiosyncrasies of the gods, Thales sought only rational explanations without reference to things supernatural. Thales suggested that the most probable fund

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Anaximander

Greek philosopher (c. 610 – c. 546 BC)

This article is about the pre-Socratic philosopher. For other uses, see Anaximander (disambiguation).

Anaximander (an-AK-sih-MAN-dər; Ancient Greek: ἈναξίμανδροςAnaximandros; c. 610 – c. 546 BC)^[3] was a pre-SocraticGreek philosopher who lived in Miletus,^[4] a city of Ionia (in modern-day Turkey). He belonged to the Milesian school and learned the teachings of his master Thales. He succeeded Thales and became the second master of that school where he counted Anaximenes and, arguably, Pythagoras amongst his pupils.^[5]

Little of his life and work is known today. According to available historical documents, he is the first philosopher known to have written down his studies,^[6] although only one fragment of his work remains. Fragmentary testimonies found in documents after his death provide a portrait of the man.

Anaximander was an early proponent of science and tried to observe and explain different aspects of the universe, with a particular interest in its origin

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BIOGRAPHY Biography of Anaximander

Life

Anaximander was born in the Greek city of Miletus (on the Ionian coast of modern-day Turkey) in about 610 B.C., the son of Praxiades, but little else is known of his life.

According to Diogenes Laërtius (a biographer of the Greek philosophers, who lived in the 2nd or 3rd Century A.D.), he was a pupil of Thales (founder of theMilesian School of philosophy, and possibly also Anaximander's uncle), and succeeded him as master of the school, where his work influenced Anaximenesand Pythagoras.

WORKS

Anaximander (c.612-545 BC) was a discipline of Thales. He studied systematically the natural phenomena and he made the first comprehensive attempt to explain the origins both of man and the cosmos. Anaximander wrote a book in prose with the influential title On Nature. His thought includes significant theories on the fields of cosmology, cosmogony and biology. Anaximander was the first to draw the inhabited world on a map or tablet. He was also famous for explaining winds, rains, earthquakes and other natural phenomena in a rational nonmytholo