anaximenes

• Nombre propio que se refiere a un filósofo griego presocrático del siglo VI a.C., conocido por su teoría de que el aire es la sustancia fundamental de la que se forman todas las cosas mediante diferentes grados de densidad.

A proper noun referring to a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher from the 6th century BC, known for his theory that air is the fundamental substance from which all things are formed through varying degrees of density.

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1. Pre-Socratic philosopherC2formal

   An ancient Greek philosopher from Miletus (6th century BCE), a student of Anaximander, who proposed that air (or mist) is the fundamental substance (arche) from which all things originate through processes of rarefaction and condensation.

   Anaxímenes

   • Anaximenes argued that air, when thinned, becomes fire, and when condensed, becomes wind, water, and earth.
   • The philosophical system of Anaximenes represents a key development in early Greek natural philosophy.
   • Unlike Thales and Anaximander, Anaximenes chose air as the primary substance of the universe.