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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1" title="أناكسيماندر – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="أناكسيماندر" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaksimandr" title="Anaksimandr – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Anaksimandr" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B8" title="আনাক্সিমান্দ্রোস – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="আনাক্সিমান্দ্রোস" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80" title="Анаксімандр – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Анаксімандр" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%D1%8B%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Анаксымандар – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Анаксымандар" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%8A%D1%80" title="Анаксимандър – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Анаксимандър" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaksimandar" title="Anaksimandar – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Anaksimandar" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximandre" title="Anaximandre – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Anaximandre" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximandros" title="Anaximandros – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Anaximandros" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anassimandru" title="Anassimandru – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Anassimandru" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximandros" title="Anaximandros – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Anaximandros" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximander" title="Anaximander – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Anaximander" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximander" title="Anaximander – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="Anaximander" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximander" title="Anaximander – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Anaximander" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximandros" title="Anaximandros – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Anaximandros" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%BE%CE%AF%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B4%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82" title="Αναξίμανδρος – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Αναξίμανδρος" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximander" title="Anaximander – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Anaximander" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximandro" title="Anaximandro – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Anaximandro" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaksimandro" title="Anaksimandro – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Anaksimandro" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximandro" title="Anaximandro – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Anaximandro" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3" title="آناکسیماندروس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="آناکسیماندروس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximandre" title="Anaximandre – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Anaximandre" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximander" title="Anaximander – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Anaximander" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximandro_de_Mileto" title="Anaximandro de Mileto – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Anaximandro de Mileto" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%EB%82%99%EC%8B%9C%EB%A7%8C%EB%93%9C%EB%A1%9C%EC%8A%A4" title="아낙시만드로스 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="아낙시만드로스" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%B6%D5%A1%D6%84%D5%BD%D5%AB%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A4%D6%80%D5%B8%D5%BD" title="Անաքսիմանդրոս – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Անաքսիմանդրոս" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%B0" title="अनेग्जीमेण्डर – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="अनेग्जीमेण्डर" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaksimandar" title="Anaksimandar – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Anaksimandar" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximandros" title="Anaximandros – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Anaximandros" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anax%C3%ADmandros" title="Anaxímandros – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Anaxímandros" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anassimandro" title="Anassimandro – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Anassimandro" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%9B%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A1" title="אנכסימנדרוס – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אנכסימנדרוס" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%85%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AE%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%A1%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D" title="ಅನ್ಯಾಕ್ಸಿಮೆಂಡರ್ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಅನ್ಯಾಕ್ಸಿಮೆಂಡರ್" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%A5%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%93%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94" title="ანაქსიმანდრე – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ანაქსიმანდრე" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80" title="Анаксимандр – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Анаксимандр" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enaks%C3%AEmander" title="Enaksîmander – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Enaksîmander" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80" title="Анаксимандр – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Анаксимандр" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximander" title="Anaximander – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Anaximander" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaksimandrs" title="Anaksimandrs – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Anaksimandrs" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximander" title="Anaximander – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Anaximander" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaksimandras" title="Anaksimandras – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Anaksimandras" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximandros" title="Anaximandros – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Anaximandros" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lfn mw-list-item"><a href="https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximandro" title="Anaximandro – Lingua Franca Nova" lang="lfn" hreflang="lfn" data-title="Anaximandro" data-language-autonym="Lingua Franca Nova" data-language-local-name="Lingua Franca Nova" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingua Franca Nova</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximandrosz" title="Anaximandrosz – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Anaximandrosz" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Анаксимандар – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Анаксимандар" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A3%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%BC" title="അനക്സിമാണ്ടർ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="അനക്സിമാണ്ടർ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%A5%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%93%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94" title="ანაქსიმანდრე – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ანაქსიმანდრე" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1" title="اناكسيماندر – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="اناكسيماندر" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1" title="آناکسیماندر – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="آناکسیماندر" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80" title="Анаксимандр – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Анаксимандр" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximander" title="Anaximander – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Anaximander" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8A%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B7%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B9" title="アナクシマンドロス – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アナクシマンドロス" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximander" title="Anaximander – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Anaximander" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaksimander" title="Anaksimander – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Anaksimander" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaksimandr" title="Anaksimandr – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Anaksimandr" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B2%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%90%D9%86%DA%89%D8%B1" title="اناکزیمېنډر – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="اناکزیمېنډر" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anassimandr" title="Anassimandr – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Anassimandr" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaksymander" title="Anaksymander – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Anaksymander" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximandro" title="Anaximandro – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Anaximandro" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximandru" title="Anaximandru – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Anaximandru" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80" title="Анаксимандр – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Анаксимандр" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-skr mw-list-item"><a href="https://skr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B3%DB%8C_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1" title="اناکسی میندر – Saraiki" lang="skr" hreflang="skr" data-title="اناکسی میندر" data-language-autonym="سرائیکی" data-language-local-name="Saraiki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سرائیکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anassimandro" title="Anassimandro – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Anassimandro" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximander" title="Anaximander – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Anaximander" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaksimandri" title="Anaksimandri – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Anaksimandri" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anassimandru" title="Anassimandru – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Anassimandru" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximandros" title="Anaximandros – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Anaximandros" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaksimander" title="Anaksimander – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Anaksimander" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A6%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%86%D8%B3" title="ئاناکسیماندرۆس – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ئاناکسیماندرۆس" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Анаксимандар – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Анаксимандар" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaksimandar" title="Anaksimandar – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Anaksimandar" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaksimandros" title="Anaksimandros – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Anaksimandros" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximander" title="Anaximander – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Anaximander" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D" title="அனாக்சிமாண்டர் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="அனாக்சிமாண்டர்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80" title="Анаксимандр – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Анаксимандр" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%85%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%97%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9C%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%A1%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D" title="అనగ్జిమాండర్ – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="అనగ్జిమాండర్" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%AA" title="อานักซีมันโดรส – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="อานักซีมันโดรส" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80" title="Анаксимандр – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Анаксимандр" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaksimandros" title="Anaksimandros – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Anaksimandros" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80" title="Анаксімандр – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Анаксімандр" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B3%DB%8C_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1" title="اناکسی میندر – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="اناکسی میندر" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximandros" title="Anaximandros – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Anaximandros" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximandro" title="Anaximandro – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" 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class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn" style="display:inline-block">Anaximander</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Anaximander.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Anaximander.jpg/220px-Anaximander.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="410" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Anaximander.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="282" data-file-height="526" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Raphael representing Anaximander (Roma, Museo Nazionale Romano). Probably Roman copy of an earlier Greek original. This is the only existing image of Anaximander from the ancient world.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">c. 611 BC</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">c. 546 BC</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Era</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Pre-Socratic_philosophy" title="Pre-Socratic philosophy">Pre-Socratic philosophy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Region</th><td class="infobox-data category">Western Philosophy</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_schools_of_philosophy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of schools of philosophy (not yet started)">School</a></th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ionians&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ionians (not yet started)">Ionian Philosophy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Milesian_school" title="Milesian school">Milesian school</a>, <a href="/wiki/Naturalism_(philosophy)" title="Naturalism (philosophy)">Naturalism</a></td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Main interests</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Metaphysics" title="Metaphysics">Metaphysics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Astronomy" title="Astronomy">astronomy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Geometry" title="Geometry">geometry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Geography" title="Geography">geography</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Notable ideas</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap">The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Apeiron_(cosmology)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Apeiron (cosmology) (not yet started)">apeiron</a> is the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Arche&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arche (not yet started)">arche</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Evolution" title="Evolution">Evolutionary</a> view of living things<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />Earth floats unsupported<br />Mechanical model of the sky<br />Water of rain from evaporation</span></td></tr><tr class="note"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center; font-size: 95%;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; font-size: 100%; text-align: left;"><div>Influences</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size: 105%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; text-align: left; list-style: none none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Thales" title="Thales">Thales</a> of Miletus</div></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="note"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center; font-size: 95%;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; font-size: 100%; text-align: left;"><div>Influenced</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size: 105%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; text-align: left; list-style: none none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">All pre-socratic philosophy, in particular: <a href="/wiki/Anaximenes_of_Miletus" title="Anaximenes of Miletus">Anaximenes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pythagoras" title="Pythagoras">Pythagoras</a>, <a href="/wiki/Democritus" title="Democritus">Democritus</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Greek_astronomy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Greek astronomy (not yet started)">Greek astronomy</a></div></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Anaximander.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Anaximander.jpg/170px-Anaximander.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="317" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Anaximander.jpg/255px-Anaximander.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Anaximander.jpg 2x" data-file-width="282" data-file-height="526" /></a><figcaption>Detail of <a href="/wiki/Raphael" title="Raphael">Raphael</a>'s painting <i><a href="/wiki/The_School_of_Athens" title="The School of Athens">The School of Athens</a></i>, 1510–1511</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Anaximander</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="/ˌ/: secondary stress follows">ˌ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span><span title="/ər/: 'er' in 'letter'">ər</span></span>/</a></span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">Ἀναξίμανδρος</span></span> <i>Anaximandros</i>; c. 610 – c. 546 BC) was a <a href="/wiki/Pre-Socratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Pre-Socratic">Pre-Socratic</a> <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">Greek</a> philosopher who lived in <a href="/wiki/Miletus" title="Miletus">Miletus</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Chambers_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chambers-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a city of <a href="/wiki/Ionia" title="Ionia">Ionia</a>. He belonged to the <a href="/wiki/Milesian_school" title="Milesian school">Milesian school</a> and learned the teachings of his master <a href="/wiki/Thales" title="Thales">Thales</a>. He succeeded him and became the second master of that school where he counted <a href="/wiki/Anaximenes_of_Miletus" title="Anaximenes of Miletus">Anaximenes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pythagoras" title="Pythagoras">Pythagoras</a> amongst his pupils.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Little of his life and work is known today. According to available historical documents, he is the first philosopher known to have written down his studies,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although only one fragment of his work remains. 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