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Anaximenes's apparent instructor, Anaximander, was a Milesian philosopher who proposed that apeiron, an undefined and boundless infinity, is the origin of all things. [1] Anaximenes and Anaximander were two of the three Milesian philosophers, along with Thales. These were all philosophers from Miletus who were the first of the Ionian School. [7]
Anaximenes of Lampsacus (/ ˌ æ n æ k ˈ s ɪ m ə ˌ n iː z /; Ancient Greek: Ἀναξιμένης ὁ Λαμψακηνός; c. 380 – 320 BC) was a Greek rhetorician and historian. He was one of the teachers of Alexander the Great and accompanied him on his campaigns.
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
He succeeded Thales and became the second master of that school where he counted Anaximenes and, arguably, Pythagoras amongst his pupils. [5] Little of his life and work is known today. According to available historical documents, he is the first philosopher known to have written down his studies, [6] although only one fragment of his work ...
Anaximenes is a low-rimmed lunar impact crater near the north-northwest limb of the Moon. It lies to the west of the crater Philolaus , and northeast of Carpenter . To the northwest is Poncelet , close to the visible edge of the Moon.
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 ...
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]
In the female-ab. anaximenes Fldr. the spots of the hindwing are very long. East Peru to the Cordillera of Bogota, and on the Amazon downwards to the Rio Negro. - ecbolius R.& J.: the green spot behind the 2. median of the forewing about as long as broad, the white spot before this vein distinct and transverse as the preceding spot; the red ...