Anaximenes of Miletus

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Anaximenes of Miletus was an early Greek Presocratic thinker who proposed that air is the fundamental substance underlying all reality.

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Anaximenes of Miletus canonical 10
Anaximenes 7

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instanceOf Ancient Greek philosopher ⓘ
Milesian philosopher ⓘ
Presocratic philosopher ⓘ
approximateBirthDate c. 586 BCE ⓘ
approximateDeathDate c. 528 BCE ⓘ
approximateFloruit 6th century BCE ⓘ
associatedWith Ionian Enlightenment ⓘ
linked to: Ionian school
birthPlace Miletus ⓘ
citizenship Ancient Ionia ⓘ
linked to: Ionia
considered air to be boundless in extent ⓘ
air to be divine and eternal ⓘ
country Ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
era Presocratic philosophy ⓘ
field early Greek science ⓘ
influenced Diogenes of Apollonia ⓘ
Heraclitus ⓘ
Stoic philosophers ⓘ
linked to: Epictetus
influencedBy Anaximander ⓘ
Thales of Miletus ⓘ
knownFrom Hippolytus ⓘ
Simplicius ⓘ
Theophrastus ⓘ
testimonia in later ancient authors ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
mainInterest cosmology ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
natural philosophy ⓘ
memberOf Milesian school ⓘ
linked to: Ionian school
notableIdea air as arche ⓘ
material monism ⓘ
rarefaction and condensation ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Milesian natural philosophy ⓘ
proposed air is the fundamental substance of reality ⓘ
region Ionia ⓘ
rejected Anaximander’s apeiron as too indefinite ⓘ
replaced Anaximander’s apeiron with determinate air ⓘ
taughtThat all things arise from air by rarefaction and condensation ⓘ
fire results from rarefied air ⓘ
stars are fixed to a crystalline firmament ⓘ
the cosmos is surrounded by air ⓘ
the earth is flat and rides on air ⓘ
the soul is air that holds us together ⓘ
the sun and stars are fiery but not made of pure fire ⓘ
wind, cloud, water, earth, and stones result from condensed air ⓘ
usedConcept quantitative change to explain qualitative differences ⓘ
usedMethod analogical reasoning from human microcosm to cosmic macrocosm ⓘ
workStatus On Nature is lost ⓘ
wroteWork On Nature ⓘ

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Miletus → isBirthplaceOf → Anaximenes of Miletus ⓘ
Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers → philosophersCovered → Anaximenes ⓘ
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Anaximander → influenced → Anaximenes of Miletus ⓘ
Ionians → producedPhilosopher → Anaximenes ⓘ
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Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers → includesPhilosopher → Anaximenes ⓘ
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Peri Physeos → usedAsTitleForWorksBy → Anaximenes ⓘ
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Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker → includesPhilosophers → Anaximenes ⓘ
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Book Alpha → discussesPhilosopher → Anaximenes ⓘ
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Archaic period → associatedWith → Anaximenes of Miletus ⓘ
Diogenes of Apollonia → influencedBy → Anaximenes of Miletus ⓘ
On Nature (Anaximenes) → author → Anaximenes of Miletus ⓘ
subject linked to: On Nature is lost
the One and the many → isDiscussedBy → Anaximenes ⓘ
linked to: Anaximenes of Miletus