Anaximenes

[ an-ak-sim-uh-neez ]

noun

1. flourished 6th century b.c., Greek philosopher at Miletus.

Anaximenes

/ ˌænækˈsɪməˌniːz /

noun

1. Anaximenes6th century bc6th century bcMGreekPHILOSOPHY: philosopher 6th century bc , Greek philosopher who believed air to be the primary substance

Example Sentences

Thales thought its primal substance was water, Anaximenes air, Heraclitus fire.

From New York Times

And Hermippus says, that Theocritus of Chios used to blame the way in which Anaximenes used to wrap his cloak round him as a boorish style of dressing.

From Project Gutenberg

Anaximenes seems to have inclined to a view of cosmic evolution as throughout involving a quasi-spiritual factor.

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He was a pupil of Anaximenes and a contemporary of Anaxagoras.

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Anaximenes thought they were "fastened like nails" in a crystalline firmament, and others thought them to be "fiery plates of gold resembling pictures."

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