“Anaximander named the arche of existing things the apeiron (the boundless, the unlimited). Things perish into those out of which they have their being according to necessity; for they make just recompense to one another for their injustice according to the assessment of time.
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Vamvacas, C.J. (2009). Anaximander of Miletus (ca. 610–546 B.C.). In: The Founders of Western Thought – The Presocratics. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 257. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9791-1_5
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