Anaximander (;
Anaximandros; c. 610 – c. 546 BC) was a
pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who lived in
Miletus, a city of
Ionia (in modern-day 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, arguably,
Pythagoras amongst his pupils.