Ancient · c. 586–526 BC
Who influenced Anaximenes of Miletus?
Influences and legacy
Made air the first principle — everything else is rarefied or condensed air.
Anaximenes of Miletus was influenced by Thales of Miletus, and went on to influence Anaxagoras. That is 2 lines of the 448 documented lines of influence between the 279 thinkers on this map.
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Who was Anaximenes of Miletus?
Anaximenes was the third philosopher of the Milesian school, after Thales and Anaximander, and is generally believed to have studied with Anaximander. His writings are lost and his ideas come down through later authors.
He took air as the basic element of everything. Condensed, air becomes wind, cloud, water, earth and stone; rarefied, it becomes fire. He pictured the Earth as a flat disc floating on air, with the Sun circling it and hidden at night behind high ground. He influenced Heraclitus, Anaxagoras and Xenophanes.
Summarized from the lead of the Wikipedia article.
Who influenced Anaximenes of Miletus?
1 direct influence on this map, earliest first.
- Thales of Miletus c. 624–546 BC
Who did Anaximenes of Miletus influence?
1 thinker on this map draws directly on Anaximenes of Miletus.
- Anaxagoras c. 500–428 BC
Two steps away from Anaximenes of Miletus
The second generation
- Through Anaxagoras: Socrates
Contemporaries of Anaximenes of Miletus
Thinkers on this map born within 25 years of Anaximenes of Miletus, with no direct line between them.
- Laozi c. 6th c. BC
- Pythagoras c. 570–495 BC
- Xenophanes c. 570–478 BC
- Anaximander c. 610–546 BC
Anaximenes of Miletus by the numbers
- Direct influences
- 1
- Direct followers
- 1
- Thinkers upstream
- 1
- Thinkers downstream
- 216
- Wikipedia languages
- 76 — #25 of 54 among ancient philosophers
- Card rarity
- Epic
Questions about Anaximenes of Miletus
- Who influenced Anaximenes of Miletus?
- Thales of Miletus.
- Who did Anaximenes of Miletus influence?
- Anaxagoras.
- When did Anaximenes of Miletus live?
- c. 586–526 BC. The map files Anaximenes of Miletus under the ancient world.
- How rare is the Anaximenes of Miletus card?
- Wikipedia carries an article on Anaximenes of Miletus in 76 languages, which makes it an Epic card. Legendary starts at 100 languages, Epic at 50 and Rare at 25.
More ancient philosophers
- Confucius 551–479 BC
- Aristotle 384–322 BC
- Plato c. 428–348 BC
- Socrates c. 470–399 BC
- Pythagoras c. 570–495 BC
- Laozi c. 6th c. BC
- Cicero 106–43 BC
- Thales of Miletus c. 624–546 BC