Ancient philosophy. Anaximus - an attempt to synthesize the teachings of Thales and Anaxemander's teachings /part 2/

Besides the bright sky, there are also dark ones, according to Anaximus , and it is due to them that they are sometimes darkened or partially dimmed by the bright bodies. Heavenly bodies do not circle around the ground, but rotate in a horizontal surface, but because the ground is a tilted plane with respect to the axis of the sky, there are times when the luminaries are obscured by our sight behind the mountains, or simply moving away and remain invisible. To the question of how the earth and the celestial bodies fall and how they do not constantly collide with each other, Anaximus responds by comparison. As the trees that fall from the trees can not fall directly due to their flat shape and the resistance of the air, so also the celestial bodies do not fall because of their flat shape and the support of the air.

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Some more recent authors say that Anaximus , having read the air in vain, did not foresee the very thought of Anaksimandr, the existence of many successive worlds, or even for his contemporary existence with a constant disappearance of the original. He also expressed his opinion on the natural elements, except for the evening. Thus, he correctly explained that the graduation is due to the healing effect of water springs. Snow explained, however, by causing damage to the coins, as it has air on them. The length of the ocean is lower than that of slopes, on sunny spots on bends and water vapor. However, the fact that it does deserve more attention is the fact that the moon does not have its own brightness and reflects the light of the sun. The most important for us is the relationship of Anaximus to religion. Authors such as Cicero, Stobe, Laktantsi and Tertulian definitely say that Anaximus read the air for God. Blessed Augustine in the book "For the City of God" writes: "Anaximus diminishes all the causes of the earth to the endless air, but it does not deny the gods and does not abandon them with mildness.

But it is convinced that the air will not be made from it, and that the airplanes themselves have been drawn from the air. " The general public and the triumph of the Ionian philosophers, the relation to the religion, are beautifully expressed in this display. Significantly, in agreement with the nation's other religions and with the ancient Greek mythology, it was felt that the separate Greek / Olympic / Gods did not exist with the creators of the world, and they themselves were produced by the initials according to the nationality of the essences. Then we see that life and soul, the creative force is attributed to the very matter. Thus, in the case of Tales, it is especially emphasized in the description of the divine qualities of the Anasimandron's unpublished / apiary / Anaksimander, as in Anaximus . We could even take the device, that their learning is not only chilosophy, but it is hypothetical, since at the very beginnings, the material is attributed to the divine qualities. He says more from the very beginning of the Greek philosophy is not satisfied with the anthropomorphism and the mankind in the national religion, but connects the Divine with law, integrity and universal reasonableness. Especially it is true for Anaximus , which according to the cited fragment of the narrative of the world from the "cosmos". Anaximus teaches that in the world there is "a perfect command, which from him does not sound good, one decoration".

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