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| | Anaximander |
 | | Anaximander, the second of the physical philosophers of Ionia, was a citizen of Miletus and a companion or pupil of Thales. |
 | | Thus the world, and all definite existences contained in it, would lose their independence and disappear in the "indeterminate." This perhaps presages the Heat Death of the Universe. |
 | | The blazing orbs, which have drawn off from the cold earth and water, are the temporary gods of the world, clustering round the earth, which, to the ancient thinker, is the central figure. |
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