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2018-02-02 11:29:59 Contributions to Geography and Cartography

Because of his focus on the organization of the world much of Anaximander’s work contributed significantly to the development of early geography and cartography. He is credited with designing the first published map (which was later revised by Hecataeus) and he may have also built one of the first celestial globe.

Anaximander’s map, although not detailed, was significant because it was the first attempt to shown the entire world, or at least the portion that was known to the ancient Greeks at the time. It is believed that Anaximander created this map for a number of reasons. One of which was to improve navigation between the colonies of Miletus and other colonies around the Mediterranean and Black seas  Open / Comment

2018-02-02 11:28:14 It is believed that many of the summaries and reconstructions of his work were based on this poem. In the poem Anaximander describes a regulating system that governs the world and the cosmos. He also explains that there is an indefinite principle and element that form the basis for the Earth’s organization (The European Graduate School). In addition to these theories Anaximander also early new theories in astronomy, biology, geography and geometry. Open / Comment

2018-02-02 11:25:22 Their summaries and reconstructions show that Anaximander and Thales formed the Milesian School of Pre-Socratic philosophy. Anaximander is also credited with inventing the gnomon on the sundial and he believed in a single principle that was the basis for the universe (Gill).

Anaximander is known for writing a philosophical prose poem called On Nature and today only a fragment still exists (The European Graduate School) Open / Comment

2018-02-02 10:16:24 Today only a small portion of Anaximander’s work survives and much of what is known about his work and life is based on reconstructions and summaries by later Greek writers and philosophers. For example in the 1st or 2nd century C.E. Aetius became compiling the work of early philosophers. His work was later followed by that of Hippolytus in the 3rd century and Simplicius in the 6th century (Encyclopedia Britannica). Despite the work of these philosophers however, many scholars believe that Aristotle and his student Theophrastus are most responsible for what is known about Anaximander and his work today (The European Graduate School). Open / Comment

2018-02-02 10:15:27 Anaximander’s Life

Anaximander was born in 610 B.C.E. in Miletus (present-day Turkey). Little is known about his early life but it is believed that he was a student of the Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus (Encyclopedia Britannica). During his studies Anaximander wrote about astronomy, geography and the nature and organization of the world around him. Open / Comment

2018-02-02 10:13:10 Anaximander was a Greek philosopher who had a deep interest in cosmology as well as a systematic view of the world. Although little about his life and world is known today he was one of the first philosophers to write down his studies and he was an advocate of science and trying to understand the structure and organization of the world. As such he made many significant contributions to early geography and cartography and he is believed to have created the first published world map. Open / Comment

2018-02-02 10:11:03 Biography of Anaximander Open / Comment

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