Most literally translated by the German Martin Heidegger, the same fragment is presented as follows: But that from

which things arise also gives rise to their passing away, according to what is necessary; for things render justice and pay penalty to one another for their injustice, according to the ordinance of time. (Heidegger's Greek) It may be understood that this quote tells us of the life and death of everything in this world, maybe it be a living or nonliving thing. Everything has a start, as well as an end. As the first part of the fragment implies: but that from which things arise also gives rise to their passing away, according to what is necessary, it means that as an element of this world is made, it gives way to its destruction. Nothing lasts forever, the difference just lies on how long these aspects will exist. A child, for example, may be given a balloon, but as the moments go by, that certain balloon will burst. The second part, on the other hand, states that for things render justice and pay penalty to one another for their injustice it seems that Anaximander was trying to explain the natural laws of the universe. It directs us to the thought that one has to pay for his own doings. What you sow is what you reap. A man has to pay penalty for his injustice. A perfect example for this part would be the word karmawhich shows us the idea of cause and effect. When one man steals from another, destiny may decide how to punish him. Now, the last part mentions the element of time. It tells us that time has firmly established laws to deal with the processes of everything. Time governs all things; time collects retribution and payment when the natural laws are broken. Time runs the cycle from which things arise and to which things fall. This fragment has suddenly become an excellent commentary on the nature and passage of time, and its master role in the universe. And so the fragment tells us of the natural laws of the universe. It tells us that birth and death go hand in hand. Everything is interrelated. Everything has its own counterpartlike water to fire, a contradiction to his teacher, Thales, who believes that all things are water.