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Ideas of Anaximenes, by Text

[Greek, c.590 - 530 BCE, Born in Miletus. Presumed pupil of Anaximander of Miletus. Wrote a book.]

546BCE

fragments/reports

A5

p.17

1497

For Anaximenes nature is air, which takes different forms by rarefaction and condensation [Simplicius]