Anaximander

Cosmology Ancient Greek -610 – -546 401 quotes

He proposed an infinite, undefined substance called the 'apeiron' as the origin of the cosmos and a geocentric model.

Quotes by Anaximander

The greatest illusion is the belief that we are in control.

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If you want to make the gods laugh, tell them your plans.

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The boundless is a concept that allows for infinite possibilities, and infinite mistakes.

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To question everything is the beginning of wisdom, and the end of many friendships.

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The only constant in the universe is change, and the human resistance to it.

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They say ignorance is bliss. I say, it's just a comfortable cage.

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From what source things arise, to that they return of necessity when they are destroyed, 'for they suffer punishment and make reparation to one another for their injustice according to the ordering of time.'

Simplicius, Physics

Living creatures arose from moisture evaporated by the sun.

Hippolytus, Refutation of All Heresies

Man was born from creatures of a different kind, because other creatures are soon self-supporting, but man alone needs a long period of suckling. For this reason, he would not have survived if this had been his original form.

Pseudo-Plutarch, Stromateis

The first animals were generated in moisture, enclosed in prickly barks.

Aetius, Placita

The boundless contains all things and steers all things.

Aristotle, Physics

The heavens are a sphere, and the earth is in the middle, suspended, not supported by anything, but remaining in place on account of its equal distance from all points.

Hippolytus, Refutation of All Heresies

The boundless is eternal and ageless.

Aristotle, Physics

The world is one of many worlds.

Simplicius, Physics

The boundless is the first principle of existing things.

Simplicius, Physics

The earth is in the center, and the sun, moon, and stars revolve around it.

Aetius, Placita

The boundless is the source of all generation and destruction.

Simplicius, Physics

The first principle is the boundless, from which all things come into being and into which they pass away.

Simplicius, Physics

The boundless has no beginning and no end.

Aristotle, Physics

The world is a process of separation and combination.

Simplicius, Physics