Anaximander
OriginGreece
Era610 BC
SchoolPre-Socratic
About Anaximander
Student of Thales who wrote the first surviving prose book in philosophy. Introduced the apeiron, the boundless, as the origin of all things. Drew one of the earliest world maps. Argued the earth floats in space needing no support. Proposed that humans evolved from fish-like creatures. Claimed time contains cycles of creation and destruction.
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