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Ideas for Anaximander, Nicholas P. White and Hermann Weyl

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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / d. The unlimited

1495	Anaximander introduced the idea that the first principle and element of things was the Boundless [Anaximander, by Simplicius]

405	The essential nature, whatever it is, of the non-limited is everlasting and ageless [Anaximander]

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The Boundless cannot exist on its own, and must have something contrary to it [Aristotle on Anaximander]

404	Things begin and end in the Unlimited, and are balanced over time according to justice [Anaximander]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / e. Anti scientific essentialism

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The limit of science is isomorphism of theories, with essences a matter of indifference [Weyl]