Anaximander
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Thales and two of his students, Anaximander and Anaximenes, made up the monist Milesian school.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
Anaximander thought that water was too specific to be the basis for everything that exists.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
Since the time of the Greek philosopher Anaximander, humans have gazed up at the heavens and wondered: Is anyone else out there?
From Time ● Jul. 21, 2016
Anaximander, as every map-lover surely knows, is the pre-Socratic philosopher who is thought by some scholars to have devised the first map of the world.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2013
That Babylonian astronomy was not the only eastern influence on Anaximander is suggested by correspondences between his model and certain elements of native Persian religion, such as those preserved in Zoroastrianism.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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