1. Anaximenes - Noun
2. Anaximenes - Proper noun
a presocratic Greek philosopher and associate of Anaximander who believed that all things are made of air in different degrees of density (6th century BC)
Source: WordNetAs the condensed air cools Anaximenes supposed that it went on to form earth and ultimately stones. Source: Internet
His younger contemporary, Anaximenes (585-525 BCE), took for his principle air, conceiving it as modified, by thickening and thinning, into fire, wind, clouds, water, and earth. Source: Internet
Jebb entertained the possibility that this work survives in the form of the Encomium of Helen ascribed to Gorgias : "It appears not improbable that Anaximenes may have been the real author of the work ascribed to Gorgias." Source: Internet
Anaximenes likens the motion of the sun and the other celestial bodies around the earth to the way that a cap may be turned around the head. Source: Internet
K. Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1898. 20. Other phenomena Anaximenes used his observations and reasoning to provide causes for other natural phenomena on the earth as well. Source: Internet
Russell, p. 72 Prior to Empodocles, Greek philosophers had debated which substance was the primordial element from which everything else was made; Heraclitus championed fire, Thales supported water, and Anaximenes plumped for air. Source: Internet