Anaximenes of Miletus

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Ancient Greek philosopher Milesian philosopher Presocratic philosopher

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

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Label	Occurrences
Anaximenes of Miletus canonical	7
Anaximenes	5

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Ancient Greek philosopher ⓘ Milesian philosopher ⓘ Presocratic philosopher ⓘ
approximateBirthDate	c. 586 BCE ⓘ
approximateDeathDate	c. 528 BCE ⓘ
approximateFloruit	6th century BCE ⓘ
associatedWith	Ionian school ⓘ surface form: Ionian Enlightenment
birthPlace	Miletus ⓘ
citizenship	Ionia ⓘ surface form: Ancient Ionia
considered	air to be boundless in extent ⓘ air to be divine and eternal ⓘ
country	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
era	Presocratic philosophy ⓘ
field	early Greek science ⓘ
influenced	Diogenes of Apollonia ⓘ Heraclitus ⓘ Epictetus ⓘ surface form: Stoic philosophers
influencedBy	Anaximander ⓘ Thales of Miletus ⓘ
knownFrom	Hippolytus ⓘ Simplicius of Cilicia ⓘ surface form: Simplicius Theophrastus ⓘ testimonia in later ancient authors ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
mainInterest	cosmology ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ natural philosophy ⓘ
memberOf	Ionian school ⓘ surface form: Milesian 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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Presocratic philosophers → includes → Anaximenes of Miletus ⓘ

Ionia → associatedWith → Anaximenes of Miletus ⓘ

Miletus → hasNotableCitizen → Anaximenes of Miletus ⓘ

Miletus → isBirthplaceOf → Anaximenes of Miletus ⓘ

Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers → philosophersCovered → Anaximenes of Miletus ⓘ