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Anaximenes was born c. 586/585 BC. [1] [2] Surviving information about the life of Anaximenes is limited, and it comes primarily from what was preserved by Ancient Greek philosophers, particularly Aristotle and Theophrastus.
Anaximander (/ æ ˌ n æ k s ɪ ˈ m æ n d ər / an-AK-sih-MAN-dər; Ancient Greek: Ἀναξίμανδρος Anaximandros; c. 610 – c. 546 BC) [3] was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who lived in Miletus, [4] a city of Ionia (in modern-day Turkey).
The first three philosophers (Thales, Anaximander, and Anaximenes) were all centred in the mercantile city [4] of Miletus on the Maeander River and are collectively referred to as the Milesian school. [5] [6] They sought to explain nature by finding its fundamental element called the arche. They seemed to think although matter could change from ...
Thales of Miletus (c. 624 – 546 BC). Of the Milesian school. Believed that all was made of water. Pherecydes of Syros (c. 620 – c. 550 BC). Cosmologist. Anaximander of Miletus (c. 610 – 546 BC). Of the Milesian school. Famous for the concept of Apeiron, or "the boundless". Anaximenes of Miletus (c. 585 – 525 BC).
Anaximenes (Ancient Greek: Ἀναξιμένης) may refer to: Anaximenes of Lampsacus (4th century BC), Greek rhetorician and historian Anaximenes of Miletus (6th century BC), Greek pre-Socratic philosopher
Anaximenes of Lampsacus, a rhetorician and historian. His nephew (son of his sister), was also named Anaximenes and was a historian. [9] Aristocles (Ἀριστοκλῆς) of Lampsacus was a stoic philosopher. [10] Xenophon of Lampsacus was a geographer. The people of Lampsacus dedicated a statue of Anaximenes of Lampsacus at Olympia, Greece. [11]
Anaximenes of Miletus (c. 585 – c. 525 BCE) ... and perfectible through personal and communal endeavors, especially including self-cultivation and self-creation ...
Miletus was an important center of philosophy and science, producing such men as Thales, Anaximander and Anaximenes. Referring to this period, religious studies professor F. E. Peters described pan-deism as "the legacy of the Milesians".