Concept

Apeiron

Overview

Apeiron (; ἄπειρον) is a Greek word meaning '(that which is) unlimited; boundless; infinite; indefinite' from ἀ- a- 'without' and πεῖραρ peirar 'end, limit; boundary', the Ionic Greek form of πέρας peras 'end, limit, boundary'.

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Philosophers who discussed Apeiron

• Anaximander
• Heraclitus
• Anaximenes of Miletus
• Philolaus
• Thales of Miletus

Related ideas

• Friedrich Nietzsche
• Anaximander
• Greece
• Book of Genesis
• Homer
• Hindus
• Philosophy
• Hesiod
• Heraclitus
• Ionic Greek
• Ancient Greek
• Vedas
• Physics (Aristotle)
• Ancient Greek philosophy
• Anaxagoras
• Cosmology
• Monism
• Xenophanes
• Odyssey
• Plato
• Greek mythology
• Philolaus
• Paradox
• Myth

Opposing perspectives

• Actual and potential infinity

Place in the tradition

Part of Anaximander.

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