He believed that the sun and moon were hollow rings filled wit | 📚NOTEWORTHY NARRATIONS📚✍
He believed that the sun and moon were hollow rings filled with fire. The rings themselves according to Anaximander had vents or holes so that the fire could shine through. The different phases of the moon and eclipses were a result of the vents closing.
In trying to explain the origin of the world Anaximander developed a theory that everything originated from the apeiron (the indefinite or infinite) instead of from a specific element. He believed that motion and the ape iron were the origin of the world and motion caused opposite thing such as hot and cold or wet and dry land for instance to be separated. He also believed that the world was not eternal and would eventually be destroyed so a new world could begin.
