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Anaximenes of Miletus

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'''Anaximenes''' (in [[Greek language|Greek]]: Άναξιμένης) of Miletus ([[585 BC]] - [[525 BC]]) was a [[Greece|Greek]] philosopher from the latter half of the [[6th century BC|6th century]], probably a younger contemporary of [[Anaximander]], whose pupil or friend he is said to have been. [[File:Anaximenes.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Anaximenes]]
He held that the air, with its variety of contents, its universal presence, its vague associations in popular fancy with the phenomena of life and growth, is the source of all that exists. Everything is air at different degrees of density, and under the influence of heat, which expands, and of cold, which contracts its volume, it gives rise to the several phases of existence. The process is gradual, and takes place in two directions, as heat or cold predominates. In this way was formed a broad disk of earth, floating on the circumambient air. Similar condensations produced the sun and stars; and the flaming state of these bodies is due to the velocity of their motions. He states:
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