Anaximander

American  

[uh-nak-suh-man-der] / əˌnæk səˈmæn dər /

noun

1. 611?–547? b.c., Greek astronomer and philosopher.

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Anaximander British  

/ əˌnæksɪˈmændə /

noun

1. 611–547 _bc , Greek philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician who believed the first principle of the world to be the Infinite

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Other Word Forms

• Anaximandrian adjective

Example Sentences

Thales and two of his students, Anaximander and Anaximenes, made up the monist Milesian school.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

Following Anaximander, a third scientist, Anaximenes, created the theory of the four elements that, he argued, comprise all things – earth, air, fire, and water.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

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

Presented with the night sky, Eratosthenes might have contemplated the cosmological speculations of Thales, Anaximander, Leucippus, and the Pythagoreans.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro