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Ideas for Anaximander, Gerhard Gentzen and A.C. Grayling

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1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 2. Ancient Philosophy / b. Pre-Socratic philosophy

5988	Anaximander produced the first philosophy book (and maybe the first book) [Anaximander, by Bodnár]
	Full Idea: Anaximander was the first to produce a philosophical book (later conventionally titled 'On Nature'), if not the first to produce a book at all.
	From: report of Anaximander (fragments/reports [c.570 BCE]) by István Bodnár - Anaximander
	A reaction: Wow! Presumably there were Egyptian 'books', but this still sounds like a stupendous claim to fame.

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 3. Earlier European Philosophy / c. Later medieval philosophy

7823	Lucretius was rediscovered in 1417 [Grayling]
	Full Idea: Lucretius's 'De Rerum Natura' was rediscovered in 1417, after languishing forgotten for six centuries.
	From: A.C. Grayling (What is Good? [2003], Ch.5)
	A reaction: A wonder. Is it the greatest book of the ancient world - because it partially preserves the lost philosophy of great Democritus?