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Anaximenes of Miletus (/ ˌ æ n æ k ˈ s ɪ m ə ˌ n iː z /; Greek: Ἀναξιμένης ὁ Μιλήσιος; c. 586/585 – c. 526/525 BC) was an Ancient Greek, Pre-Socratic philosopher from Miletus in Anatolia (modern-day Turkey).
Anaximenes Of Miletus (flourished c. 545 bc) was a Greek philosopher of nature and one of three thinkers of Miletus traditionally considered to be the first philosophers in the Western world.
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Anaximenes was a 6th century B.C.E. philosopher from Miletus who taught that air is the source of all things. He explained natural change by rarefaction and condensation, and cosmogenesis by felting and evaporation.
Sep 11, 2019 · Anaximenes of Miletus (l. c. 546 BCE) was a younger contemporary of Anaximander and generally regarded as his student. Known as the Third Philosopher of the Milesian School after Thales (l. c. 585 BCE) and Anaximander (l. c. 610 - c. 546 BCE), Anaximenes proposed air as the First Cause from which all else comes.
- Joshua J. Mark
- Anaximenes was a Pre-Socratic philosopher who claimed air was the First Cause of existence.
- Anaximenes is famous for his claim that air was the essential world principle from which all else came. His views are still cited by modern-day sci...
- Anaximenes is the third philosopher of the Milesian School which began with Thales of Miletus. Anaximander was a student of Thales and Anaximenes s...
- Anaximenes is important because his theories influenced the later Pre-Socratic philosophers in developing their theories and these men then influen...
Anaximenes (in Greek: Άναξιμένης) of Miletus (c. 585 – 528 B.C.E.) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, the third of the philosophers of Ionia (the first being Thales and the second Anaximander). He was a citizen of Miletus and a student of Anaximander.
Anaximenes was a Greek philosopher and a student of Anaximander. He proposed that air is the basic substance of the universe and that the Earth is flat and supported by air.
Anaximenes of Miletus was an Ancient Greek, Pre-Socratic philosopher from Miletus in Anatolia. He was the last of the three philosophers of the Milesian School, after Thales and Anaximander. These three are regarded by historians as the first philosophers of the Western world.
