Anaximenes

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher from Miletus; the pupil of Anaximander. He taught that the basic element of which the world is composed is the air.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀναξιμένης (Anaximénēs).

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