The Milesian School of Philosophy - Anaximander & Anaximenes (Pre-Socratic)

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Anaximander (c. 610 – c. 546 BC) was a pre-Socratic philosopher and a student of Thales. He is best known for his theory of apeiron (ἄπειρον), or the "boundless," as the origin (arche) of all things. Unlike his teacher Thales, who believed water was the fundamental substance, Anaximander proposed that the universe emerged from this indefinite, infinite principle. He was also one of the first to suggest that natural laws governed the cosmos rather than divine intervention. Anaximander made significant contributions to early cosmology, geography, and biology. Anaximenes (c. 585 – c. 526 BC) was a philosopher and the student of Anaximander. He is notable for his belief that air (ἀήρ) is the arche, or fundamental substance, from which everything originates. Anaximenes proposed that all matter could be transformed through processes of condensation and rarefaction, where air becomes denser to form water, earth, and stones, or rarifies into fire. His work bridged the gap between Anaximander's abstract concept of the apeiron and Thales's more tangible substance, water.

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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:28 - Anaximander's Life
2:21 - Introduction to Anaximander's Philosophy
4:47 - Apeiron
11:33 - Anaximander's Cosmology
16:56 - Anaximander's Theories
20:58 - Anaximander's Accomplishments & Legacy
28:19 - Anaximenes's Life
29:53 - Anaximenes's Philosophy
35:50 - Anaximenes's Legacy

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