Anaximander - Wikipedia Anaximander ( æˌnæksɪˈmændər an-AK-sih-MAN-dər; Ancient Greek: Ἀναξίμανδρος Anaximandros; c 610 – c 546 BC) [3] was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who lived in Miletus, [4] a city of Ionia (in modern-day Turkey)
Anaximander | Philosophy, Evolution, Facts | Britannica Anaximander, Greek philosopher who was the first to develop a cosmology, or systematic philosophical view of the world He held an evolutionary view of living things, in which humans originated from some other kind of animal, and he drew a map of the known world
Anaximander | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Anaximander was the author of the first surviving lines of Western philosophy He speculated and argued about “the Boundless” as the origin of all that is He also worked on the fields of what we now call geography and biology Moreover, Anaximander was the first speculative astronomer
Anaximander - World History Encyclopedia Anaximander of Miletus (lived circa 610 - circa 546 BCE) was one of the early Pre-Socratic Philosophers who lay the foundation for the deveopment of Western Philosophy He was a student of Thales of Miletus (lived circa 585 BCE), recognized as the first philosopher of ancient Greece
Anaximander - Biography, Facts and Pictures - Famous Scientists Anaximander was clearly obsessed with visualizing the universe, how the earth related to the rest of the universe, and what the earth’s surface looked like One result of this is that he created a map of the world, much more extensive than any known before it
Anaximanders Concept of the Boundless • Philosophy Institute Anaximander, one of the pivotal figures of early Greek philosophy, introduced a groundbreaking concept that would influence not just philosophy but also the development of cosmology and science
Anaximander: Pioneer of cosmology and natural philosophy Anaximander of Miletus (c 610–546 BCE), a successor of Thales and a pivotal figure in early Greek philosophy, stands out as one of the first thinkers to grapple with the structure and origins of the cosmos through systematic reasoning
Anaximander and Anaximenes - Philosophy History Anaximander, continuing the natural philosophy of the Milesian school, believed that the universe evolves freely, without divine intervention The philosopher sought not only to understand the structure of the cosmos but also its origins
Anaximander and his contribution to cosmology | Britannica Anaximander, (born 610 bc, Miletus—died 546 545 bc), Greek philosopher, often called the founder of astronomy He apparently wrote treatises on geography, astronomy, and cosmology that survived for several centuries and made a map of the known world He was the first thinker to develop a cosmology