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Ideas of Anaximander, by Text
[Greek, c.610 - 540 BCE, Born in Miletus. Presumed pupil of Thales.]
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p.31
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Anaximander produced the first philosophy book (and maybe the first book) [Bodnár]
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p.57
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1746
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The parts of all things are susceptible to change, but the whole is unchangeable [Diog. Laertius]
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p.75
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Anaximander saw the contradiction in the world - that its own qualities destroy it [Nietzsche]
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p.508
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The Boundless cannot exist on its own, and must have something contrary to it [Aristotle]
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A09
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p.14
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1495
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Anaximander introduced the idea that the first principle and element of things was the Boundless [Simplicius]
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A26
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p.16
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1496
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The earth is stationary, because it is in the centre, and has no more reason to move one way than another [Aristotle]
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B1
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p.19
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404
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Things begin and end in the Unlimited, and are balanced over time according to justice
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B2
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p.19
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405
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The essential nature, whatever it is, of the non-limited is everlasting and ageless
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