Anaximander

Anaximander (Greek: Αναξίμανδρος) (610 BC/609–c. 547 BC) was the second of the physical philosophers of Ionia, a citizen of Miletus, a companion or pupil of Thales, and teacher of Anaximenes. Little is known of his life and work. Aelian makes him the leader of the Milesian colony to Amphipolis, and hence some have inferred that he was a prominent citizen. The computations of Apollodorus of Athens have fixed his birth in 611, and his death shortly after 547 B.C.

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Greek - 610 BC - 609 - 547 BC - Ionia - Miletus - Thales - Anaximenes - Aelian - Amphipolis - Apollodorus of Athens

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Ancient sources represent him as a successful student of astronomy and geography, and an early proponent of exact science. He has also been said to have introduced such astronomical instruments as the sundial and the gnomon to ancient Greece. Furthermore, he is credited with having created the first map of the world.

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Astronomy - Geography - Exact science - Sundial - Gnomon - Greece

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