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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 / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems

15390	Metaphysics attempts to give an account of everything, in terms of categories and principles [Simons]
	Full Idea: Metaphysics, the noblest of philosophic enterprises, is an attempt to give an account of everything. ...Its job is to provide a universal framework (of categories and principles) within which anything whatever can take its place.
	From: Peter Simons (Whitehead: process and cosmology [2009], 'Speculative')
	A reaction: Bravo! I take metaphysics to be entirely continuous with science, but operating entirely at the highest level of generality. See Westerhoff on categories, though. The enterprise may not be going too well.