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Anaximenes
[ an-ak-sim-uh-neez ]
noun
- flourished 6th century b.c., Greek philosopher at Miletus.
Anaximenes
/ ˌænækˈsɪməˌniːz /
noun
- Anaximenes6th century bc6th century bcMGreekPHILOSOPHY: philosopher 6th century bc , Greek philosopher who believed air to be the primary substance
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Along with a third Milesian, Anaximenes, they had established a new way of viewing the natural world.
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Anaximenes regarded air as having life; Diogenes saw in it also intelligence.
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Anaximenes, the disciple of Thales, pursued his master's inquiries and adopted his method.
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Anaximenes, seeing that animals die without air, thought that air was the great primal cause.
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He assumed a vital air in all living things, being in this influenced by Anaximenes whose primitive matter was infinite air.
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Not merely Thales, but his followers and disciples, Anaximander and Anaximenes, were born there.
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