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Anaximander of Miletus

Anaximander

also: Anaximandro physico

Pre-Socratic natural philosopher of Miletus. Cicero recounts that he warned the Spartans by physical reasoning to leave the city before an earthquake, but calls him a natural philosopher, not a diviner (De Divinatione 1.112).

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Mentioned in 2 works (2 mentions)

On the Nature of the Gods phil · 1 mention
On Divination phil · 1 mention

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