Anaximander and the Origins of Greek Cosmology

In the sixth century BC, Anaximander of Miletus, an associate of Thales, initiated Western philosophy and science with an inquiry into 'the nature of things' which included a theory of how the world order arose, how the heavens and earth were formed, and how human beings came into existence. Anaximander was the first thinker to propose a geometric model to explain the movement of the heavenly bodies; the cosmological ideas of his school provided the background for all ancient Greek views of the natural world. This new printing of the corrected Centrum printing of 1985 makes available again a work of value for students in classics, philosophy, literature, and the history of science.

ISBN	0872202569	DEWEY edition	DC20
ISBN13	9780872202566 (What's this?)	Pages	268
Publisher	Hackett Publishing Co, Inc	Weight (grammes)	525
Imprint	Hackett Publishing Co, Inc	Published in	Cambridge, MA
Format	Hardback	Height (mm)	241
Publication date	24 Apr 1995	Width (mm)	159
Library of Congress	B208.Z7K3	Spine width (mm)	19
DEWEY	523.10938	Academic level	General

	Preface
	Preface to the Second Printing
	Abbreviations and Short Titles Used in Citation
	Bibliographical Note
	Introduction	3
	The Documentary Evidence for Anaximander's Views
	Introduction to the Doxography	11
	Arrangement of the Doxography	25
	The Doxography: Texts and Commentary	28
	The Cosmology of Anaximander
I	The Milesian Theory of the Natural World	75
II	Elements and Opposites: The Members of the World	119
III	Anaximander's Fragment: The Universe Governed by Law	166
	Conclusion: Milesian Speculation and the Greek Philosophy of Nature	199
	App. I. The Usage of the Term [actual symbol not reproducible] in Early Greek Philosophy	219
	App. II. The Aheipon of Anaximander	231
	Subjects	241
	Names and Citations	243
	Greek Terms	248

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