Anaximander of MilĂȘtusAnaximander of MilĂȘtus was in his prime about 560 B.C. The title or titles of any works of his are unknown. 1. The Non-Limited is the original material of existing things; further, the source from which existing things derive their existence is also that to which they return at their destruction, according to necessity; for they give justice and make reparation to one another for their injustice, according to the arrangement of Time. 2. This (essential nature, whatever it is, of the Non-Limited) is everlasting and ageless. 3. (The Non-Limited) is immortal and indestructible. 4. Nozzle of the bellows. 5. (The Earth is like) a stone column. |