With his discoveries, Anaxamander of Miletus attempted to bring the realm of the unreal to the world where common man could conceive it. As successor and pupil of Thales of Miletus, Anaxamander worked on the fields of geometry, natural science, and astrology. The culmination of his life attempted to define the indefinite or undetermined. He was the first to discover and apply the theory of the unlimited. For a philosopher of this time period, he …showed first 75 words of 728 total…

…showed last 75 words of 728 total…was the origin of life. From this water, first came fish that would evolve into what is now man. Bibliography Works Cited Kirk,G.S. and Raven, J.E. The_Presocratic_Philosophers. London: Cambridge University Press, 1957 Wheelwright, Philip. The Presocratics. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1966 15 Oct. 1999. http://viator.ucs.indiana.edu/~ancmed./foundations.htm 15 Oct. 1999. http://acnet.pratt.edu/~arch5143/help/pre-socratic.html 13 Oct. 1999. http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/instruct/div.sci/sci122/Greek/Greek.html