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Definition of Anaximander

1. Noun. A presocratic Greek philosopher and student of Thales who believed the universal substance to be infinity rather than something resembling ordinary objects (611-547 BC).

Definition of Anaximander

1. Proper noun. (c. 610 BC–c. 546 BC) A pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who lived in Miletus; pupil of Thales and teacher of Anaximenes. ¹

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Literary usage of Anaximander

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1. A History of Philosophy by Frank Thilly (1914)
"Anaximander was born in Miletus, 611 BC, and died 547 or 546 BC He is mentioned as a ... We hear that he was interested in Anaximander astronomy, geography, ..."

2. History of Ancient Philosophy by Wilhelm Windelband (1899)
"If Anaximander was not content with this theory, it was on account of his pronounced principle J ... Consequently Anaximander said that the apx>i is the ..."

3. History of Ancient Philosophy by Wilhelm Windelband (1921)
"If Thales is to be regarded as the first physicist, we meet the first metaphysician in the person of his somewhat younger countryman, Anaximander (611-545 ..."

4. A History of Philosophy: From Thales to the Present Time by Friedrich Ueberweg, George Sylvester Morris, Henry Boynton Smith, Noah Porter, Vincenzo Botta (1891)
"Anaximander of Miletus, born Olymp. 42.2 (= 611 B. c.), first, among the Greeks, ... Anaximander is said to have described the soul as aeriform. ..."

5. A History of Greek Philosophy from the Earliest Period to the Time of Socrates by Eduard Zeller (1881)
"Now it is clear from the undoubted testimony of the most trustworthy authorities, that Anaximander did not consider his primitive matter stances do not yet ..."

6. Lectures on the History of Philosophy by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1892)
"Anaximander was also of Miletus, and he was a friend of Thaïes. " The latter," says Cicero (Acad. Quaest. IV. 37), " could not convince him that everything ..."

7. A History of Greek Literature: From the Earliest Period to the Death of by Frank Byron Jevons (1894)
"The first prose philosopher—if we set aside Pherecydes of Syrus, about whom, as we have seen, there is some doubt—was Anaximander of Miletus, ..."

8. Philosophical Works of the Late James Frederick Ferrier by James Frederick Ferrier (1875)
"Anaximander. 15. The next philosopher of the Ionic school was Anaximander. ... Anaximander is said to have been the first philosopher who put down his ..."

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