Abstract

Anaximander was the first pre-Socratic philosopher to establish the origin of whatever existed exclusively on the basis of a rational concept: the ápeiron. A concept which had to be named ex novo, since it did not exist in the Greek language of his time, thus establishing a new discursive/explicative phenomenon: philosophy. He was also to establish the idea of a cosmos as something geometric, ordered and hierarchical, equivalent to and a projection of the order which the polis itself supposes. Furthermore and to this end, he was to be a pioneer in the use of prose as the linguistic form for the articulation of his thought. This was a totally new – as it was indeed originary – way to give meaning to experience, completely alien to the ancient mythological explanations. Anaximandro será el primer filósofo presocrático que establecerá el origen de lo existente a partir, única y exclusivamente, de un concepto racional: el ápeiron. Concepto que debe enunciar ex novo, ya que no existía en la lengua griega de su tiempo y, estableciendo en consecuencia, una nueva concepción discursivo/explicativa: la filosofía. También, establecerá la idea de un cosmos como algo geométrico, ordenado y jerarquizado, equivalente y proyección del orden que supone la propia polis. Además y para ello, será pionero en el uso de la prosa como forma lingüística en la articulación de su pensamiento. En definitiva, una nueva –por originaria- forma de dotar de sentido a la experiencia, ajena por completo a las antiguas explicaciones mitológicas.