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When Aristotle, in the first book of his Metaphysics, speaks of his predecessors, he mentions Thales of Miletus as the first representative of philosophy.
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DL I.13 , Translation Hicks = TP2 Ar91, not in DK and Gr.
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Themistius, Or. 26.317c = DK 12A7 = Gr Axr5 = TP2 Ar120. See also DL II.2 = DK 12A1 = Gr Axr1 = TP2 Ar92, and Suda, s. v. ᾿Αναξίμανδρος = DK 12A2 = Gr Axr4 = TP2 Ar237.
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Simplicius, In Arist. Phys. 9.24.13 = DK 12A9 = Gr Axr9 = TP2 Ar163; Hippolytus, Ref. I.6.2 = DK 12A11 = Gr Axr10 = TP2 Ar75.
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Cf. Kahn (1994, 235–236) and LSJ, lemma ἀρχή.
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Aristotle, Met. 1013a16–17 . Translation Tredennick, slightly adapted.
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Aristotle, Met. 1013a15 . Translation Tredennick.
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Cf. Seligman (1962, 25).
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Aristotle, An. post. 71b19–23 .
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Aristotle, Met. 983a24–25 .
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Aristotle, Met. 982b9–10 .
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Aristotle, Met. 983b3–11 = Gr Ths15 (partly), not in DK and TP. Translation partly from Tredennick.
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KRS (2007, 90).
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Aristotle, Met. 983b12–19 . Translation Tredennick, slightly adapted.
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Cf. Graham (2006, 65), who notes that this problem had already been pointed out by Cherniss (1935, 368) and Stokes (1963, 33–34).
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Aristotle, Met. 983b19–22 and 983b27–984a4 = DK 11A12 (partly) = Gr Ths15 and Ths38 = TP1 Th29. Translation partly from Tredennick and slightly adapted. The last lines are missing in DK 11A12, one of them is in DK 1B10.
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Cf. Guthrie (1985, 45).
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Cf. Kočandrle (2011a).
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Kočandrle, R., Couprie, D.L. (2017). Archē . In: Apeiron . SpringerBriefs in Philosophy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49754-9_1
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