Anaximander
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.
If you want to make the gods laugh, tell them your plans.
The boundless is a concept that allows for infinite possibilities, and infinite mistakes.
To question everything is the beginning of wisdom, and the end of many friendships.
The only constant in the universe is change, and the human resistance to it.
They say ignorance is bliss. I say, it's just a comfortable cage.
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.'
Living creatures arose from moisture evaporated by the sun.
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.
The first animals were generated in moisture, enclosed in prickly barks.
The boundless contains all things and steers all things.
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.
The boundless is eternal and ageless.
The world is one of many worlds.
The boundless is the first principle of existing things.
The earth is in the center, and the sun, moon, and stars revolve around it.
The boundless is the source of all generation and destruction.
The first principle is the boundless, from which all things come into being and into which they pass away.
The boundless has no beginning and no end.
The world is a process of separation and combination.