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[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. [3] [4] According to Theophrastus, Anaximenes was the son of Eurystratus, an associate of the philosopher Anaximander, and lived in Miletus. [5]
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).
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).
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
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Miletus benefited from Roman rule and most of the present monuments date to this period. The New Testament mentions Miletus as the site where the Apostle Paul in 57 AD met the elders of the church of Ephesus near the close of his Third Missionary Journey, as recorded in Acts of the Apostles (Acts 20:15–38). It is believed that Paul stopped by ...