Formation of the cosmos: He says that that which is productive from the eternal of hot and cold was separated off at the coming-to-be of this world, and that a kind of sphere of flame from this was formed round the earth, like bark round a tree. When this was broken off and shut off in certain circles, the sun and the moon and the stars were formed. KRS page 131 Beginning of mankind Anaximander said that the first living creatures were born in moisture, enclosed in thorny barks; and that as their age increased they came forth on to the drier part and, when the bark had broken off, they lived a different life for a short time. KRS page 141