Anaximander
He proposed an infinite, undefined substance called the 'apeiron' as the origin of the cosmos and a geocentric model.
Quotes by Anaximander
The stars are compressed air, full of fire, and they emit flames through certain vents.
Thunder and lightning are caused by the wind, when it is enclosed in a thick cloud and bursts forth.
The sea is the remnant of the primeval moisture, which was evaporated by the sun.
The boundless is the source of all generation and corruption.
The boundless is the principle and element of existing things.
The boundless is the origin of the heavens and of all the worlds in them.
The boundless is that which has no limit, no beginning, and no end.
The boundless is the divine, for it is immortal and imperishable.
The earth is a cylinder, and its depth is one-third of its width.
The first living creatures were generated in the moist element, enclosed in thorny barks.
The boundless is the only thing that is truly eternal and ungenerated.
The boundless is the source of all motion and change.
The boundless is that from which all things are separated off.
The boundless is the ultimate reality, from which everything else derives its being.
The boundless is the principle of all things, and it is itself without principle.
The boundless is the source of all the opposites, such as hot and cold, wet and dry.
The boundless is the divine, for it is immortal and imperishable, and it governs all things.
The boundless is the origin of the heavens and of all the worlds in them, and it is itself without origin.
The boundless is the ultimate reality, and it is beyond human comprehension.
The boundless is the source of all things, and it is itself uncreated and indestructible.