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title: On the Nature of the Infinite
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα
author: Anaximander of Miletus
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# On the Nature of the Infinite

*Ἀποσπάσματα*

**Author:** Anaximander of Miletus

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## Text

### 1

SIMPLIC. Phys. 24, 13 [vgl. A 9] Ἀ. ... ἀρχὴν .... εἴρηκε τῶν ὄντων τὸ ἄπειρον ... . ἐξ ὧν δὲ ἡ γένεσίς ἐστι τοῖς οὖσ ι , καὶ τὴν φθορὰν εἰς ταῦτα γίνεσθαι κατὰ τὸ χρεώ ν · διδόναι γὰρ αὐτὰ δίκην καὶ τίσιν ἀλλήλοις τῆς ἀδικίας κατὰ τὴν τοῦ χρόνου τάξι ν .

### 2

HIPPOL. Ref. I 6, 1 ταύτην (sc. φύσιν τινὰ τοῦ ἀπείρο υ ) ἀίδιον εἶναι καὶ ἀγήρ ω .

### 3

ARIST. Phys. Γ 4 203b 13 ἀθάνατον . . καὶ ἀνώλεθρον ( τὸ ἄπειρον = τὸ θεῖον).

### 4

AËT. II 20, 1 πρηστῆρος αὐλός [vgl. 22 B 31].

### 5

—III 10, 2 λίθωι κίονι τὴν γῆν προσφερῆ.

### 6

SCHOL. DIONYS. THRAC. p. 183, 1 Hilg. τῶν στοιχείων εὑρετὴν ἄλλοι τε καὶ Ἔφορος ἐν δευτέρωι [F GrHist. 70 F 105 II 68] Κάδμον φασίν, οἱ δὲ οὐχ εὑρετήν, τῆς δὲ φοινίκων εὑρέσεως πρὸς ἡμᾶς διάκτορον γεγενῆσθαι ... Πυθόδωρος δὲ ... Δαναὸν μετακομίσαι αὐτά φασιν· ἐπιμαρτυροῦσι τούτοις καὶ οἱ Μιλησιακοὶ συγγραφεῖς Ἀναξίμανδρος καὶ Διονύσιος καὶ Ἑκαταῖος [F GrHist. 1 F 20 I 12], οὓς καὶ Ἀπολλόδωρος ἐν Νεῶν καταλόγωι [F GrHist. 244 F 165 II 1092] παρατίθεται.

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