Anaximander
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Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Anaximander was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who lived in Miletus, a city of Ionia . He belonged to the Milesian school and learned the teachings of his master Thales. He succeeded Thales and became the second master of that school where he counted Anaximenes and, arguably, Pythagoras amongst his pupils.