EARLY GREEK PHILOSOPHY II
ANAXIMANDER [12 DK]
D Anaximander’s Book (D1–D3)D1 (A7) Them. Orat. 26 317c
[. . .] ἐθάρρησε πρῶτος ὧν ἴσμεν Ἑλλήνων λόγον ἐξενεγκεῖν περὶ φύσεως ξυγγεγραμμένον.
D2 (< A1) Diog. Laert. 2.2
τῶν δὲ ἀρεσκόντων αὐτῷ πεποίηται κεφαλαιώδη τὴν ἔκθεσιν, ᾗ1 που περιέτυχεν καὶ Ἀπολλόδωρος ὁ Ἀθηναῖος [FGr Hist. 244 F29].
D3 (< A2) Suda A.1986
ἔγραψε Περὶ φύσεως, Γῆς περίοδον καὶ Περὶ τῶν ἀπλανῶν καὶ Σφαῖραν καὶ ἄλλα τινά.
ANAXIMANDER
ANAXIMANDER
D Anaximander’s Book (D1–D3)D1 (A7) Themistius, Orations
[. . .] he was the first Greek we know of to have ventured to publish a written discourse about nature.
D2 (< A1) Diogenes Laertius
He made a summary exposition of his opinions, which Apollodorus of Athens seems to have come across.
D3 (< A2) Suda
He wrote On Nature, Map of the Earth, On the Fixed Stars, The Sphere, and some other works.1
DOI: 10.4159/DLCL.anaximander-doctrine.2016