Anaximander
He proposed an infinite, undefined substance called the 'apeiron' as the origin of the cosmos and a geocentric model.
Quotes by Anaximander
The apeiron is the eternal and ageless.
The first humans were born from fish-like creatures.
The sun is a wheel of fire, and the moon is also a wheel of fire.
The apeiron is the principle of all things, and it is divine.
The stars are like nails fixed in the sky.
The apeiron is the boundless and the infinite.
The boundless is the origin of all things, from which they arise and into which they return according to necessity.
The earth is a cylinder, like a stone pillar, and we walk on one of its flat surfaces.
All things are born from the boundless, and into the boundless they pass away.
The first principle is the apeiron, the boundless, from which all things come into being and into which they perish.
The stars are wheels of fire, and the sun is the largest of these.
The first animals were born in moisture and were covered with prickly scales.
Man was born from fish, or creatures like fish, and was nourished in their bellies until he was able to fend for himself.
The earth is suspended in the middle, supported by nothing, but remaining in place on account of its equal distance from all things.
The heavens are many, and there are innumerable worlds.
The boundless encompasses all things and governs all things.
The first principle is neither water nor any other of the so-called elements, but some other boundless nature.
The boundless is eternal and ageless, and it encompasses all the worlds.
The sun is a wheel of fire, and its opening is like the mouth of a flute.
The moon is a wheel of fire, and its opening is like the mouth of a flute.