Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents IX
3. Illustrations XI
4. Preface XIII
5. Preface to the Second Printing XVI
6. Abbreviations and Short Titles Used in Citation XVII
7. Bibliographical Note XIX
8. Introduction 1
9. The Documentary Evidence for Anaximander’s Views
10. Introduction to the Doxography 11
11. The Doxography: Texts and Commentary 28
12. The Cosmology of Anaximander
13. I. The Milesian Theory of the Natural World 75
14. II. Elements and Opposites: The Members of the World 119
15. III. Anaximander’s Fragment: The Universe Governed by Law 166
16. Conclusion: Milesian Speculation and the Greek Philosophy of Nature 197
17. Appendices
18. I. The Usage of the Term ΚΟΣΜΟΣ in Early Greek Philosophy 219
19. II. The AΠEIPON of Anaximander 231
20. Note: The First Greek Prose Treatise 240
21. Indices
22. Subjects 243
23. Names and Citations 245
24. Greek Terms 250