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Anaximander (Ancient Greek: Template:Polytonic, Anaximandros; Template:IPA-en) (c. 610 BC – c. 546 BC) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who lived in Miletus, a city of Ionia; Milet in modern Turkey. 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 Pythagoras amongst his pupils.

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-The '''principle of sufficient reason''' states that anything that happens does so for a [[reason]]: no state of affairs can obtain, and no statement can be true unless there is sufficient reason why it should not be otherwise. The principle is usually attributed to [[Gottfried Leibniz]], although the first person to use it was [[Anaximander of Miletus]].
+'''Anaximander''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: '''{{Polytonic|Ἀναξίμανδρος}}''', ''Anaximandros''; {{IPA-en|æˌnæksɪˈmændə}}) (c. 610 BC – c. 546 BC) was a [[pre-Socratic]] [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] philosopher who lived in [[Miletus]], a city of [[Ionia]]; [[Milet]] in modern [[Turkey]]. 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 of Miletus|Anaximenes]] and [[Pythagoras]] amongst his pupils.
 ==See also==
-* [[Deterministic system (philosophy)]]
+* [[Milesian school]]
-* [[Law of thought]]
+* [[Pre-Socratic philosophy]]
+* [[Material monism]]
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