Anaximander and the Origins of Greek Cosmology

By: Charles H. Kahn

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Paperback | 15 June 1994 | Edition Number 3

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In the sixth century B.C., Anaximander of Miletus, an associate of Thales, initiated Western philosophy and science with an inquiry into 'the nature of things' which included a theory of how the world order arose, how the heavens and earth were formed, and how human beings came into existence. Anaximander was the first thinker to propose a geometric model to explain the movement of the heavenly bodies; the cosmological ideas of his school provided the background for all ancient Greek views of the natural world. This new printing of the corrected Centrum printing of 1985 makes available again a work of value for students in classics, philosophy, literature, and the history of science.

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Preface
Preface to the Second Printing
Abbreviations and Short Titles Used in Citation
Bibliographical Note
Introduction	p. 3
The Documentary Evidence for Anaximander's Views
Introduction to the Doxography	p. 11
Arrangement of the Doxography	p. 25
The Doxography: Texts and Commentary	p. 28
The Cosmology of Anaximander
The Milesian Theory of the Natural World	p. 75
Elements and Opposites: The Members of the World	p. 119
Anaximander's Fragment: The Universe Governed by Law	p. 166
Conclusion: Milesian Speculation and the Greek Philosophy of Nature	p. 199
App. I. The Usage of the Term [actual symbol not reproducible] in Early Greek Philosophy	p. 219
App. II. The Aheipon of Anaximander	p. 231
Subjects	p. 241
Names and Citations	p. 243
Greek Terms	p. 248
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