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Anaximander thought that the elements changed because:
{ 1 } - air was more of a life source than the other elements.
{ 2 } - water was more powerful than the other elements.
{ 3 } - the elements were in conflict.
{ 4 } - the apeiron took on the forms of the elements.
{ 5 } - fire had more energy than the other elements.
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Anaximander thought that the elements changed because:
{ 1 } - air was more of a life source than the other elements.
{ 2 } - water was more powerful than the other elements.
{ 3 } - the elements were in conflict.
{ 4 } - the apeiron took on the forms of the elements.
{ 5 } - fire had more energy than the other elements.
Anaximenes, whose ultimate reality was air, may have thought this.
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Anaximander thought that the elements changed because:
{ 1 } - air was more of a life source than the other elements.
{ 2 } - water was more powerful than the other elements.
{ 3 } - the elements were in conflict.
{ 4 } - the apeiron took on the forms of the elements.
{ 5 } - fire had more energy than the other elements.
This was Thales' position. See pp. 24-5.
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Anaximander thought that the elements changed because:
{ 1 } - air was more of a life source than the other elements.
{ 2 } - water was more powerful than the other elements.
{ 3 } - the elements were in conflict.
{ 4 } - the apeiron took on the forms of the elements.
{ 5 } - fire had more energy than the other elements.
This was the common theory held by Thales. See p. 24.
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Anaximander thought that the elements changed because:
{ 1 } - air was more of a life source than the other elements.
{ 2 } - water was more powerful than the other elements.
{ 3 } - the elements were in conflict.
{ 4 } - the apeiron took on the forms of the elements.
{ 5 } - fire had more energy than the other elements.
See page 26. The apeiron "was always in motion, and could take the form of any one of the elements or any combination of them in the world, but the apeiron itself had no form.
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Anaximander thought that the elements changed because:
{ 1 } - air was more of a life source than the other elements.
{ 2 } - water was more powerful than the other elements.
{ 3 } - the elements were in conflict.
{ 4 } - the apeiron took on the forms of the elements.
{ 5 } - fire had more energy than the other elements.
Heraclitus, whose ultimate reality sometimes seems to be fire, may have thought this.
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