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Single Idea 1748

[filed under theme 26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature ]

Full Idea

Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless.

Gist of Idea

Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless

Source

report of Archelaus (fragments/reports [c.450 BCE]) by Diogenes Laertius - Lives of Eminent Philosophers 02.Ar.3

Book Ref

Diogenes Laertius: 'Diogenes Laertius', ed/tr. Yonge,C.D. [Henry G. Bohn 1853], p.63