Associations to the word «Anaximander»

Wiktionary

ANAXIMANDER, proper noun. (c. 610 BC–c. 546 BC) A pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who lived in Miletus; pupil of Thales and teacher of Anaximenes.

Dictionary definition

ANAXIMANDER, noun. A presocratic Greek philosopher and student of Thales who believed the universal substance to be infinity rather than something resembling ordinary objects (611-547 BC).

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope