On Nature
E515768
On Nature is a lost philosophical treatise by the pre-Socratic thinker Anaximander, in which he is believed to have explored early cosmology, metaphysics, and the principles underlying the natural world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| On Nature canonical | 2 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek philosophical work
ⓘ
lost philosophical treatise ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ionian natural philosophy
ⓘ
Milesian school NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Anaximander NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | ancient Greek Ionian culture ⓘ |
| dealsWith |
cosmic justice and balance among elements
ⓘ
relationship between opposites in nature ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
apeiron (the boundless)
ⓘ
cosmic order ⓘ generation and destruction of worlds ⓘ naturalistic explanation of phenomena ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
natural processes
ⓘ
nature of matter ⓘ origin of the cosmos ⓘ structure of the universe ⓘ |
| genre | philosophical prose ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 6th century BCE ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | one of the earliest known philosophical treatises on nature ⓘ |
| influenced |
Aristotle's reports on early cosmology
ⓘ
later Pre-Socratic cosmology ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Thales of Miletus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
ancient doxographical reports
ⓘ
later testimonia ⓘ quotations and paraphrases by later authors ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
cosmology
ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ principles of the natural world ⓘ |
| philosophicalAim | to explain the world in natural rather than mythological terms ⓘ |
| philosophicalCategory |
early cosmological speculation
ⓘ
natural philosophy ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Pre-Socratic philosophy ⓘ |
| preservationState | only fragments and reports survive ⓘ |
| reconstructedThrough |
comparative analysis of testimonia
ⓘ
study of later philosophical critiques ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | Miletus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor | cosmological map attributed to Anaximander ⓘ |
| status | lost work ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
classical philological research
ⓘ
history of philosophy scholarship ⓘ |
| titleType | Peri Physeos (Greek: Περὶ φύσεως) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workOf | Anaximander of Miletus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.