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Anaximenes

Pre-Socratic

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."

Cicero

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Plato(427 BC -347 BC)

"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)

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Aristotle(384 BC -322 BC)

"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)

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Plutarch(46 - 119)

"Anaximenes, who said that the first principle is air, was a pupil of Anaximander."

Book & Page: Plutarch, On the Principle of Cold (Section 9)

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Cicero(51 BC - 63 BC)

"Anaximenes of Miletus held that the fundamental substance was air."

Book & Page: Cicero, On the Nature of the Gods (Book I, Section 10)

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Lucretius(99 BC - 55 BC)

"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)

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Marcus Aurelius(99 BC - 55 BC)

"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)

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St. Augustine(384 BC -322 BC)

"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

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"Anaximenes held that air was the first principle of things."

Book & Page: St. Augustine, The City of God (Book VIII, Chapter 2)

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Thomas Aquinas(1225 - 1274)

"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)

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"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)

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Francis Bacon(1561 - 1626)

"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)

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Thomas Hobbes(1561 - 1626)

"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)

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René Descartes(1596 - 1650)

"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)

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Plato(427 BC -347 BC)

"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

Aristotle(384 BC -322 BC)

"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

Plutarch(46 - 119)

"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

Cicero(51 BC - 63 BC)

"Anaximenes of Miletus held that the fundamental substance was air."

Book & Page: Cicero, On the Nature of the Gods (Book I, Section 10)

#Quotes

Lucretius(99 BC - 55 BC)

"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

Marcus Aurelius(99 BC - 55 BC)

"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

St. Augustine(384 BC -322 BC)

"Anaximenes held that air was the first principle of things."

Book & Page: St. Augustine, The City of God (Book VIII, Chapter 2)

#Quotes

Thomas Aquinas(1225 - 1274)

"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

Francis Bacon(1561 - 1626)

"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

Thomas Hobbes(1561 - 1626)

"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

René Descartes(1596 - 1650)

"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)

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St. Augustine(384 BC -322 BC)

"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

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