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Reconstruct Anaximander's argument that the archē must be the apeiron (the boundless) rather than a definite substance such as Thales' water. Then state and evaluate the strongest objection to that argument.
What to cover: Set out Anaximander's reasoning step by step (why a determinate stuff cannot be the source), explain what the apeiron is, and then raise a genuine difficulty — for example whether the argument proves too much, or whether an utterly indefinite principle can explain anything.
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