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Anaximenes of Miletus (; 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). He was the last of the three philosophers of the Milesian School, after Thales and Anaximander.
Anaximenes of Miletus (/ˌænækˈsɪməˌniːz/; Greek: Αναξιμένης ὁ Μιλήσιος; c. 586 – c. 526 BC)[1] was an Ancient Greek, Ionian Pre-Socratic philosopher from Miletus in Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey), active in the latter half of the 6th century BC.[1][2] The details of his life are obscure because none of his work has been preserved.
4 days ago · Thales of Miletus (born c. 624–620 bce —died c. 548–545 bce) was a philosopher renowned as one of the legendary Seven Wise Men, or Sophoi, of antiquity. He is remembered primarily for his cosmology based on water as the essence of all matter, with Earth a flat disk floating on a vast sea. The Greek historian Diogenes Laërtius, quoting ...
Mar 3, 2023 · Anaximenes. Anaximenes was a philosopher who lived in ancient Greece in the 6th century BCE. He was born in Miletus and was a contemporary of other notable pre-Socratic philosophers such as Thales and Anaximander. Anaximenes is known for his contributions to the fields of cosmology and metaphysics, particularly his belief that the universe was ...
COSMOLOGY/ PHILOSOPHY OF NATURE. [1] Anaximenes accepted the idea of a primary 'stuff' as unlimited (apeiron) but not as indeterminate [a]; he supposed it to be air (aer) [a]. This was probably because he saw breath (pneuma) as being necessary for the life of the body. He tried to explain change in terms of the processes of rarefaction and ...
The first three philosophers in the Western tradition were all cosmologists from Miletus, and Thales was the very first, followed by Anaximander, who was followed in turn by Anaximenes. They have been dubbed the Milesian school. According to the Suda, Thales had been the "teacher and kinsman" of Anaximander.
Anaximenes of Miletus (ca. 570-ca. 500 BC) Greek philosopher who was a pupil of Anaximander. Anaximenes was the first Greek to distinguish clearly between planets and stars. He believed the primary substance of the universe to be air, which could form the other elements of water, Earth, and fire by rarefaction and condensation. He explained the ...
