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 earth is suspended in the middle, 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 the origin of all things, and it is also their end.

Simplicius, Physics

The boundless is the principle of all things, and it is also their ruler.

Aristotle, Physics

The earth is a cylinder, and we live on one of its flat surfaces.

Pseudo-Plutarch, Stromateis

The world is a living being, and it has a soul.

Aetius, Placita

The boundless is the first principle of existing things, and it is also their end.

Simplicius, Physics

The earth is in the center, and the sun, moon, and stars revolve around it, like wheels of fire.

Aetius, Placita

The boundless is the origin of all things, and it is also their ruler and governor.

Aristotle, Physics

The world is a cosmos, an ordered whole, and it is beautiful.

Aetius, Placita

The boundless is the source of all generation and destruction, and it is also their judge.

Simplicius, Physics

The boundless is the first principle of existing things, and it is also their ruler and governor, and it is divine.

Simplicius, Physics

The boundless is the divine, for it is immortal and imperishable, and it encompasses and governs all things.

Aristotle, Physics

The earth is in the center, and the sun, moon, and stars revolve around it, like wheels of fire, and they are beautiful.

Aetius, Placita

The boundless is the origin of all things, and it is also their ruler and governor, and it is divine and immortal and imperishable.

Aristotle, Physics

The world is a cosmos, an ordered whole, and it is beautiful and divine.

Aetius, Placita

The boundless is the source of all generation and destruction, and it is also their judge and ruler, and it is divine.

Simplicius, Physics

The boundless is the first principle of existing things, and it is also their ruler and governor, and it is divine and immortal and imperishable, and it encompasses and governs all things.

Simplicius, Physics

The boundless is the divine, for it is immortal and imperishable, and it encompasses and governs all things, and it is the origin and end of all things.

Aristotle, Physics

The earth is in the center, and the sun, moon, and stars revolve around it, like wheels of fire, and they are beautiful and divine.

Aetius, Placita

The boundless is the origin of all things, and it is also their ruler and governor, and it is divine and immortal and imperishable, and it encompasses and governs all things, and it is the source of all motion and change.

Aristotle, Physics