Anaximander biography of williams

1. Anaximander: The Greek Philosopher of Infinity
2. Early Life and Influences
3. The Apeiron: The Principle of Infinity
4. The Emergence of the Universe
5. Celestial Observations and Inventions
6. Influence and Legacy

Anaximander: The Greek Philosopher of Infinity

Anaximander, a renowned ancient Greek natural philosopher, geographer, and pre-Socratic philosopher, lived from approximately 610 to after 547 BCE.

He was a pupil of Thales and the author of the first known philosophical treatise in Greek, titled "On Nature."

Early Life and Influences

Anaximander was born in Miletus, a Greek city on the coast of Ionia, in 611 BCE.

As an Ionian natural philosopher, he shared a common interest in understanding the origins and fundamental principles of the universe. However, unlike his contemporaries who attributed the world's origins to physical elements su