Anaximander
At a glance:
- Series: Great Lives from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Philosophy, Science, Technology, Inventions, Geography
- Subcategories: Philosophers, Scientists, Inventors, Astronomy, Astronomers, Cosmology, Hellenistic Age, Ancient Greece
- Curriculum: Western Civilization/European History, Ancient History
Article abstract: Greek philosopher, astronomer, and cartographer{$I[g]Greece;Anaximander}{$I[g]Asia Minor;Anaximander} Anaximander invented the scientific use of models and maps. He also realized, contrary to the prevailing thought of his day, that the original substance of matter must be an eternal, unlimited reservoir of qualities and change.
Early Life
Anaximander (uh-nak-suh-MAN-duhr) was a fellow citizen and student of Thales, the Milesian usually credited with having inaugurated Western philosophy. Thales, some forty years older than his...
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