Anaximander
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Anaximander (an axe' uh man der), (c.610 BC – c. 546 BC), philosopher.
Nothing is known about where Anaximander was born or lived as an adult. His birth and death were estimated. We do know he was a pupil and friend of Thales. But, unlike his teacher, Anaximander studied life.
As far as historians can tell, he was the first scientist who tried to explain the origin of human race without the mention of a creator. He believed that all life began in the sea, and at one time or another, humans were some kind of fish. Later, scientists took his ideas, (most notably Charles Darwin), and turned it into what is now known as the "theory of evolution."
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Print literature
- Barnes, J., Early Greek Philosophy (London, 1987)
- Copleston, F.C., History of Philosophy, Vol 1: Greece and Rome (Part 1 is a section on Pre-Socratic Philosophers)
- Kahn, C.H., Anaximander and the Origins of Greek Cosmology (New York, 1960)
- Kirk, G.S., Raven, J.E., and Schofield, M., The Presocratic Philosophers (Cambridge, 1990)