Apeiron - Wikipedia
WEBApeiron (/ ə ˈ p aɪ ˌ r ɒ n /; ἄπειρον) is a Greek word meaning '(that which is) unlimited; boundless; infinite; indefinite' from ἀ-a-'without' and πεῖραρ peirar 'end, limit; boundary', the Ionic Greek form of πέρας peras 'end, limit, boundary'.
Apeiron | Greek philosophy | Britannica
WEBGreek philosophy. Learn about this topic in these articles: conflicting theories of Anaximander and Parmenides. In Anaximander. …that everything originated from the apeiron (the “infinite,” “unlimited,” or “indefinite”), rather than from a particular element, such as water (as Thales had held).
Apeiron Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
WEBThe meaning of APEIRON is the unlimited, indeterminate, and indefinite ground, origin, or primal principle of all matter postulated especially by Anaximander.
Anaximander | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
WEBAnaximander (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.
Anaximander - World History Encyclopedia
WEBSep 2, 2009 · Anaximander of Miletus (l. c. 610 - c. 546 BCE) was one of the early Pre-Socratic Philosophers who lay the foundation for the deveopment of Western Philosophy. He was a student of Thales of Miletus (l. c. 585 BCE), recognized as the first philosopher of ancient Greece.
Apeiron/Peras | Encyclopedia.com
WEBAPEIRON/PERAS. The Greek term Apeiron, meaning originally "boundless" rather than "infinite," was used by Anaximander for the ultimate source of his universe. He probably meant by it something spatially unbounded, but since out of it arose the primary opposite substances (such as the hot and the cold, the dry and the wet) it may have been ...
Anaximander - Wikipedia
WEBAnaximander ( / æˌnæksɪˈmændər / AN-ak-sih-MAN-dər; Greek: Ἀναξίμανδρος Anaximandros; c. 610 – c. 546 BC) [3] was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who lived in Miletus, [4] a city of Ionia (in modern-day Turkey). He belonged to the Milesian school and learned the teachings of his master Thales.
Anaximander | Philosophy, Evolution, & Facts | Britannica
WEBAnaximander, Greek philosopher who was the first to develop a cosmology, or systematic philosophical view of the world. He held an evolutionary view of living things, in which humans originated from some other kind of animal, and he drew a map of the known world.
Apeiron - Wikiwand
WEBApeiron ( / əˈpaɪˌrɒn /; ἄπειρον) is a Greek word meaning ' (that which is) unlimited; boundless; infinite; indefinite' from ἀ- a- 'without' and πεῖραρ peirar 'end, limit; boundary', the Ionic Greek form of πέρας peras 'end, limit, boundary'. Origin of everything.
WEBAnaximander's conception of the apeiron. ARYEH FINKELBERG. Anaximander's Apeiron is perhaps the most obscure notion in Greek philos- ophy. Aristotle was puzzled by it, suggesting various and greatly differing. interpretations of the concept. But while Aristotle's construals were in a. sense predominantly ad hoc and exempli gratia, Theophrastus ...
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