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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.
Gist of Idea
Anaximander produced the first philosophy book (and maybe the first book)
Source
report of Anaximander (fragments/reports [c.570 BCE]) by István Bodnár - Anaximander
Book Ref
'Encyclopedia of Classical Philosophy', ed/tr. Zeyl,Donald J. [Fitzroy Dearborn 1997], p.31
A Reaction
Wow! Presumably there were Egyptian 'books', but this still sounds like a stupendous claim to fame.
| 5988 | Anaximander produced the first philosophy book (and maybe the first book) [Anaximander, by Bodnár] |
| 3060 | Plato never mentions Democritus, and wished to burn his books [Plato, by Diog. Laertius] |
| 24146 | All the major problems were formulated before Socrates [Nietzsche] |
| 2900 | I revere Heraclitus [Nietzsche] |
| 12036 | Xenophanes began the concern with knowledge [Annas] |
| 20455 | Philosophy really got started as the rival mode of discourse to tragedy [Critchley] |
| 21355 | The Pre-Socratics are not simple naturalists, because they do not always 'leave the gods out' [Leroi] |