10/24 Anaximander 10-12

Themes: Material monism, change

1. How does Anaximander’s description of the arche differ from Thales’? What reasons could he have for rejecting Thales’ version and offering his own?

2. What role does justice play in Anaximander’s explanation of the universe?

3. How does the arche bring about the emergence of the opposites hot and cold, wet and dry, as well as the earth and other planetary bodies?