Ideas from 'fragments/reports' by Anaximander [570 BCE], by Theme Structure
[found in 'Early Greek Phil II: first Ionians' by Anaximander (ed/tr Laks,A/Most,G) [Harvard Loeb 2016,978-0-674-99689-2]].
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1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 2. Ancient Philosophy / b. Pre-Socratic philosophy
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Anaximander produced the first philosophy book (and maybe the first book) [Bodnár]
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2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 2. Sufficient Reason
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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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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 1. Nature of Existence
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Anaximander saw the contradiction in the world - that its own qualities destroy it [Nietzsche]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / d. The unlimited
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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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The Boundless cannot exist on its own, and must have something contrary to it [Aristotle]
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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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404
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Things begin and end in the Unlimited, and are balanced over time according to justice
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27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 2. Eternal Universe
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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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