Anaximenes was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher and a pupil of Anaximander, known for his belief that air is the fundamental substance of all things and that the changes in air cause the changes in the world.
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610 BC - 546 BC
Miletus, Türkiye
"Anaximenes of Miletus held that the fundamental substance was air."
"Anaximenes held that air was the fundamental substance of the universe, and that it could transform into other substances through processes of condensation and rarefaction."
Book & Page: Plato, Phaedo (Section 109a)
#Quotes"Anaximenes, son of Eurystratus, a pupil of Anaximander, said that the principle is air, for from it all things arise, and into it they are resolved again."
Book & Page: Aristotle, Metaphysics (Book I, Part 3)
#Quotes"Anaximenes, who said that the first principle is air, was a pupil of Anaximander."
Book & Page: Plutarch, On the Principle of Cold (Section 9)
#Quotes"Anaximenes of Miletus held that the fundamental substance was air."
Book & Page: Cicero, On the Nature of the Gods (Book I, Section 10)
#Quotes"Anaximenes believed that air was the original substance of the universe, from which all other things were formed."
Book & Page: Lucretius, On the Nature of Things (Book I, Line 641)
#Quotes"Anaximenes believed that the universe was infinite, and that all things were created from air through a process of condensation and rarefaction."
Book & Page: Marcus Aurelius, Meditations (Book IV, Section 3)
#Quotes"And what is this God? I asked the earth, and it answered, “I am not he”; and everything in the earth made the same confession. I asked the sea and the deeps and the creeping things, and they replied, “We are not your God; seek above us.” I asked the fleeting winds, and the whole air with its inhabitants answered, “Anaximenes was deceived; I am not God.”"
Book & Page: Saint Augustine, Confessions (Oxford), p89
#Disagree"Anaximenes held that air was the first principle of things."
Book & Page: St. Augustine, The City of God (Book VIII, Chapter 2)
#Quotes"Anaximenes, like his teacher Anaximander, believed that the first principle was unlimited and indeterminate, but he identified this principle with air."
Book & Page: Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica (Part I, Question 44, Article 1)
#Quotes"Anaximenes, like his teacher Anaximander, believed that the first principle was unlimited and indeterminate, but he identified this principle with air."
Book & Page: Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica (Part I, Question 44, Article 1)
#Quotes"Anaximenes believed that air was the source of all things, and that everything else was a derivative of air."
Book & Page: Francis Bacon, Novum Organum (Book II, Aphorism 19)
#Quotes"Anaximenes believed that air was the first principle because it was the most pervasive and active of all substances."
Book & Page: Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan (Part I, Chapter 5)
#Quotes"Anaximenes believed that the universe was made up of air, and that the other elements were formed by the condensation and rarefaction of air."
Book & Page: René Descartes, Principles of Philosophy (Part I, Article 52)
#Quotes"Anaximenes held that air was the fundamental substance of the universe, and that it could transform into other substances through processes of condensation and rarefaction."
Book & Page: Plato, Phaedo (Section 109a)
#Quotes"Anaximenes, son of Eurystratus, a pupil of Anaximander, said that the principle is air, for from it all things arise, and into it they are resolved again."
Book & Page: Aristotle, Metaphysics (Book I, Part 3)
#Quotes"Anaximenes, who said that the first principle is air, was a pupil of Anaximander."
Book & Page: Plutarch, On the Principle of Cold (Section 9)
#Quotes"Anaximenes of Miletus held that the fundamental substance was air."
Book & Page: Cicero, On the Nature of the Gods (Book I, Section 10)
#Quotes"Anaximenes believed that air was the original substance of the universe, from which all other things were formed."
Book & Page: Lucretius, On the Nature of Things (Book I, Line 641)
#Quotes"Anaximenes believed that the universe was infinite, and that all things were created from air through a process of condensation and rarefaction."
Book & Page: Marcus Aurelius, Meditations (Book IV, Section 3)
#Quotes"Anaximenes held that air was the first principle of things."
Book & Page: St. Augustine, The City of God (Book VIII, Chapter 2)
#Quotes"Anaximenes, like his teacher Anaximander, believed that the first principle was unlimited and indeterminate, but he identified this principle with air."
Book & Page: Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica (Part I, Question 44, Article 1)
#Quotes"Anaximenes, like his teacher Anaximander, believed that the first principle was unlimited and indeterminate, but he identified this principle with air."
Book & Page: Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica (Part I, Question 44, Article 1)
#Quotes"Anaximenes believed that air was the source of all things, and that everything else was a derivative of air."
Book & Page: Francis Bacon, Novum Organum (Book II, Aphorism 19)
#Quotes"Anaximenes believed that air was the first principle because it was the most pervasive and active of all substances."
Book & Page: Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan (Part I, Chapter 5)
#Quotes"Anaximenes believed that the universe was made up of air, and that the other elements were formed by the condensation and rarefaction of air."
Book & Page: René Descartes, Principles of Philosophy (Part I, Article 52)
#Quotes"And what is this God? I asked the earth, and it answered, “I am not he”; and everything in the earth made the same confession. I asked the sea and the deeps and the creeping things, and they replied, “We are not your God; seek above us.” I asked the fleeting winds, and the whole air with its inhabitants answered, “Anaximenes was deceived; I am not God.”"
Book & Page: Saint Augustine, Confessions (Oxford), p89
#Disagree