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

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin