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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). He was the last of the three philosophers of the Milesian School, after Thales and Anaximander. These three ...
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. Of the other two, Thales held that water is the basic building block of all matter, whereas Anaximander chose to call the essential substance “the ...
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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 was a Pre-Socratic philosopher who claimed air was the First Cause of existence. What is Anaximenes famous for? 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 scientists. What was Anaximenes' relationship with Thales and Anaximander?
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Mar 3, 2023 · Anaximenes was a pre-Socratic philosopher who lived in ancient Greece in the 6th century BCE. He believed that the universe was made up of an infinite and eternal substance called \"air\" (aer), and that knowledge could be obtained through observation and reasoning.
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.
Sep 2, 2009 · Anaximander of Miletus (l. c. 610 - c. 546 BCE) was one of the early Pre-Socratic Philosophers who lay the foundation for the deveopment of Western Philosophy. He was a student of Thales of Miletus (l. c. 585 BCE), recognized as the first philosopher of ancient Greece.
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