Ideas from 'fragments/reports' by Archelaus [450 BCE], by Theme Structure
[found in 'Early Greek Phil VI: Anaxagoras etc' by Anaxagoras (ed/tr Laks,A/Most,G) [Harvard Loeb 2016,978-0-674-99707-3]].
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature
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Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless
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Full Idea:
Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless.
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From:
report of Archelaus (fragments/reports [c.450 BCE]) by Diogenes Laertius - Lives of Eminent Philosophers 02.Ar.3
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27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution
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Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime
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Full Idea:
Archelaus wrote that life on Earth began in a primeval slime.
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From:
report of Archelaus (fragments/reports [c.450 BCE]) by Malcolm Schofield - Archelaus
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A reaction:
This sounds like a fairly clearcut assertion of the production of life by evolution. Darwin's contribution was to propose the mechanism for achieving it. We should honour the name of Archelaus for this idea.
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