Associations to the word «Anaximenes»

Wiktionary

ANAXIMENES, proper noun. (c. 585 BC–c. 525 BC) An ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher from Miletus; the pupil of Anaximander. He taught that the basic element of which the world is composed is the air.

Dictionary definition

ANAXIMENES, noun. A presocratic Greek philosopher and associate of Anaximander who believed that all things are made of air in different degrees of density (6th century BC).

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