Anaksimandros

This name derives from the Ancient Greek “Anaxímandros (Ἀναξίμανδρος),” composed of two elements: “ánax ‎(ἄνᾰξ)” (lord, king, master) plus “andrós ‎(ἀνδρός)” (man “adult male,” husband). In turn, the name means “the king of the strong, the lord of manly.” Anaxímandros was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who lived in Miletus, a city of Ionia, Milet, in modern Turkey. He belonged to the Milesian school and learned the teachings of his master Thales. He succeeded Thales and became the second master of that school, where he counted Anaximenes and, arguably, Pythagoras amongst his pupils.