د "اناکزیمېنډر" د بڼو تر مېنځ توپير

Anaximander was one of the earliest Greek thinkers at the start of the [[Axial Age]], the period from approximately 700 BC to 200 BC, during which similarly revolutionary thinking appeared in China, India, Iran, the Near East, and Ancient Greece. He was an early proponent of [[science]] and tried to observe and explain different aspects of the universe, with a particular interest in its origins, claiming that nature is ruled by laws, just like human societies, and anything that disturbs the balance of nature does not last long.<ref>Park, David (2005) ''The Grand Contraption'', Princenton University Press ISBN 0-691-12133-8</ref> Like many thinkers of his time, his contributions to [[philosophy]] relate to many disciplines. In [[astronomy]], he tried to describe the mechanics of celestial bodies in relation to the Earth. In physics, he postulated that the indefinite (or [[apeiron]]) was the source of all things. His knowledge of [[geometry]] allowed him to introduce the [[gnomon]] in Greece. He created a map of the world that contributed greatly to the advancement of [[geography]]. He was also involved in the [[politics]] of Miletus as he was sent as a leader to one of its colonies.

 

 

Anaximander, son of Praxiades, was born in Miletus during the third year of the 42^nd [[Olympiad]] (610 BCE).<ref name="Refutation">[[Hippolytus of Rome|Hippolytus]], ''[[Refutation of All Heresies]]'' (I, 5)</ref> According to [[Apollodorus]], Greek grammarian of the [[2nd century BC|2^nd century BCE]], he was sixty-four years old during the second year of the 58^th Olympiad (547 BC-546 BCE), and died shortly afterwards.<ref>In his ''Chronicles'', as reported by [[Diogenes Laertius]], ''[[Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers]]'' (II, 2).</ref>