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== "Apeiron", improperly, has been redirected to "Aperion".
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[edit] Y'All Come Back Now, Heah?
Anaximander's fragment indicates that he thought that definite individual things should never have come into being out of the indefinite origin. If they do attain existence, they must, in time, return to their indefinite origin, as is right and just. "And the source of coming-to-be for existing things is that into which destruction, too, happens 'according to necessity; for they pay penalty and retribution to each other for their injustice according to the assessment of Time' as he describes it in these rather poetical terms."' '(Theophrastus) 205.188.117.73 19:31, 13 September 2005 (UTC)Bruce Partington == == ==]]
[edit] Incorrect Image
The Image Accompining this artice is from Raphael's School of Athens and it is unlikley thet the figure Represents Anaximander.
The Characher shown here is part of a group, the Central Charachter of which is most likely Pythagoras, therfore this charachter copying off Pythagoras, cannot be Anaximander, but is more likely to be Archytas if a name is to be given to him.
More Likely, Raphel intend this figue to represent a Generic Pythogarean
An image (apperently) of Anaximander is here http://www.to-life.se/anaximander.gif
--Inkiwna 09:51, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Strange sentence in Known Works section
It is also mentioned in the wikipedia article on Evolutionism, correctly or not, that Anaximander was the first ancient thinker to touch upon the idea of evolution. Though no quotes or writings from Anaximander himself are shown on the page to support this.
This bizarre fragment seems out of place in both the section and the article, and doesn't seem to conform to the requirements of encyclopedic content on Wikipedia. Anyone else agree that this should be removed? Thanks in advance. Cromag 13:12, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] The term "arche" in Anaximander's writing?
The article claims that "arche" was "a word first found in Anaximander's writings, and which he probably invented". This is pretty controversial. Several prominent classical scholars dispute it including John Burnet, Jonathan Barnes, and the trio Kirk, Raven & Schofield. The claim is based on an explanation by Simplicius, which is often interpreted as meaning, not that Anaximander was first to use the word "arche", but that he was first to use the term "apeiron". Many scholars believe that there is no evidence to think that any of these early philosophers used "arche" at all, at least as it was later used by Aristotle. Isokrates 16:55, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
