Why did Anaximander disagree with the theory that water was the world's eternal substance?
A) human senses cannot experience an eternal substance
B) water was not abundant enough to be an eternal substance
C) humans would not be able to ingest an eternal substance
D) the eternal substance had to be something that was not limited
E) an eternal substance must be an inert solid
Answer: A
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