ギリシア時代の超人理論家＝アレクシマンドロス

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Anaximander (c. 610—546 B.C.E.)

Anaximander was the author of the first surviving lines of Western philosophy. He speculated and argued about “the Boundless” as the origin of all that is. He also worked on the fields of what we now call geography and biology. Moreover, Anaximander was the first speculative astronomer. He originated the world-picture of the open universe, which replaced the closed universe of the celestial vault.

His work will always remain truncated, like the mutilated and decapitated statue that has been found at the market-place of Miletus and that bears his name. Nevertheless, by what we know of him, we may say that he was one of the greatest minds that ever lived. By speculating and arguing about the “Boundless” he was the first metaphysician. By drawing a map of the world he was the first geographer. But above all, by boldly speculating about the universe he broke with the ancient image of the celestial vault and became the discoverer of the Western world-picture.

Table of Contents

1. Life and Sources
2. The “Boundless” as Principle
3. The Arguments Regarding the Boundless
   1. The Boundless has No Origin
   2. The Origin must be Boundless
   3. The “Long Since” Argument
4. The Fragment
5. The Origin of the Cosmos
6. Astronomy
   1. Speculative Astronomy
   2. The Celestial Bodies Make Full Circles
   3. The Earth Floats Unsupported in Space
   4. Why the Earth Does Not Fall
   5. The Celestial Bodies Lie Behind One Another
   6. The Order of the Celestial Bodies
   7. The Celestial Bodies as Wheels
   8. The Distances of the Celestial Bodies
   9. A Representation of Anaximander’s Universe
7. Map of the World
8. Biology
9. Conclusion
10. References and Further Reading