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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
			Full Idea: Unlike Anaximander, Anaximenes' underlying nature is not boundless, but specific, since he says that it is air, and claims that it is thanks to rarefaction and condensation that it manifests in different forms in different things.
			From: report of Anaximenes (fragments/reports [c.546 BCE], A5) by Simplicius - On Aristotle's 'Physics' 9.24.26-