to apeiron (English spelling)

Japanese: to apeiron(英語表記)toapeiron
to apeiron (English spelling)

…The ancients have reported on his philosophy as follows: Anaximander called the source (archē) of all things that exist, that is, the elements, “to apeiron.” And he said that this source was not water, or any of those things that are commonly called elements, but an indefinite, infinite thing, from which arises the whole heavens, and the worlds within them. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…彼の哲学について古人は次のように伝えている。〈アナクシマンドロスは存在するもののもとのもの(アルケーarchē),つまり要素を“ト・アペイロンto apeiron”と呼んだ。そしてそのもとのものは水でもなければ,普通に要素と呼ばれているいかなるものでもなくて,ある無規定的なる,無限なるものであり,そのものから全天界と天界の内における世界が生じると言っている。…

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