Anaximander

Humans once lived as fish, protected in scaly shells until maturity.

The order of time governs the retribution of elements for their excesses.

The universe expands without limit, a perpetual becoming without end.

Gazing at the infinite sky, one feels the smallness of earthly strife.

The apeiron begets the hot and the cold, from which all matter flows.

Seasons turn by the tilt of the world's great wheel.

Existence is a loan from the boundless, repaid in dissolution.

The fixed stars are holes in the crystalline vault, revealing the outer fire.

In the silence of the cosmos, the voice of eternity whispers truths.

All change is governed by the law of compensation in the infinite.

The Earth drinks from subterranean rivers, sustaining its cylindrical form.

The divine is not anthropomorphic, but the boundless principle itself.

Life evolves through stages, from simple to complex, by nature's design.

The vortex of creation spins opposites into unity.

To understand the heavens is to grasp the meaning of our fleeting existence.

The sun's path marks the boundary between light and eternal night.

In the apeiron, there is no hierarchy, only eternal equality.

As the world was born from mist, so shall it return to mist.

The moon's phases are doors opening to the solar fire.

Contemplation of the infinite brings peace to the troubled soul.