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[[Image:Anaximander.gif|thumb|150px|Anaximander]]
[[Image:Anaximander.gif|thumb|150px|Anaximander]]
'''Anaximander''' (ca 610 - 546 BC) was a younger contemporary of [[Thales]] and, chronologically, the second of the three principal [[philosophy|philosophers]] of the Milesian school. He wrote the first surviving lines of western philosophy, and offered philosophical speculations in the fields of astronomy, geography, and biology.
'''Anaximander''' (ca 610 - 546 BC) was a younger contemporary of [[Thales]] and, chronologically, the second of the three principal [[philosophy|philosophers]] of the Milesian (Ionian) school. (The other two being [[Anaxagoras]] and [[Anaximenes]]<ref>The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989</ref>.) He wrote the first surviving lines of western [[philosophy]], and offered philosophical speculations in the fields of [[astronomy]], [[geography]], and [[biology]].
As far as historians can tell, he was the first scientist who tried to explain the origin of human race without the mention of a creator. He believed that all life began in the sea, and at one time or another, humans were some kind of fish. Later, scientists took his ideas, (most notably [[Charles Darwin]]), and turned it into what is now known as the "theory of [[evolution]]."
As far as historians can tell, he was the first scientist who tried to explain the origin of human race without the mention of a creator instead speculating that the cosmos was derived from one primordial substance separated out by opposites.<ref>The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989</ref> He believed that all life began in the sea, and at one time or another, humans were some kind of fish. Later, scientists took his ideas, (most notably [[Charles Darwin]]), and turned it into what is now known as the "theory of [[evolution]]."
Anaximander was also the first known Greek to attempt to create a map of the world. He thought of the earth as a stubby cylinder situated in the center of all things.<ref>The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989</ref>
==See also==
==See also==
==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.iep.utm.edu/a/anaximan.htm Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Anaximander]
* [http://www.iep.utm.edu/a/anaximan.htm Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Anaximander]
==Sources==
* Barnes, J., ''Early Greek Philosophy'' (London, 1987)
* Barnes, J., ''Early Greek Philosophy'' (London, 1987)
* Kahn, C.H., ''Anaximander and the Origins of Greek Cosmology'' (New York, 1960)
* Kahn, C.H., ''Anaximander and the Origins of Greek Cosmology'' (New York, 1960)
* Kirk, G.S., Raven, J.E., and Schofield, M., ''The Presocratic Philosophers'' (Cambridge, 1990)
* Kirk, G.S., Raven, J.E., and Schofield, M., ''The Presocratic Philosophers'' (Cambridge, 1990)
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[[Category:Ancient Greek Philosophers]]
[[Category:Ancient Greek Philosophers]]