PHILOSOPHER

Anaximenes of Miletus

585 BC - 525 BC

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Anaximenes of Miletus (; Ancient Greek: Ἀναξιμένης ὁ Μιλήσιος, romanized: Anaximenēs ho Milēsios; c. 586/585 – c. 526/525 BC) was an Ancient Greek, Pre-Socratic philosopher from Miletus in Anatolia (modern-day Turkey). He was the last of the three philosophers of the Milesian School, after Thales and Anaximander. These three are regarded by historians as the first philosophers of the Western world. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anaximenes of Miletus has received more than 559,062 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 74 in 2019). Anaximenes of Miletus is the 100th most popular philosopher (down from 94th in 2019), the 67th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 68th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Turkish Philosopher.

Anaximenes of Miletus is most famous for his theory that all things originate from air. He believed that the air is the original substance from which everything else is made.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Anaximenes of Miletus ranks 100 out of 1,267. Before him are Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Jean Bodin, Boethius, Jeremy Bentham, George Gurdjieff, and Roger Bacon. After him are Al-Tabari, Aristippus, Jacques Derrida, Roland Barthes, Meister Eckhart, and Zhu Xi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 585 BC, Anaximenes of Miletus ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 525 BC, Anaximenes of Miletus ranks 1. After him are Psamtik III, Anaxandridas II, and Ankhnesneferibre.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Anaximenes of Miletus ranks 67 out of 1,347. Before him are Selim III (1761), Ibn Taymiyyah (1263), Mahmud I (1696), Leucippus (-500), Saint Blaise (300), and Osman III (1699). After him are Şehzade Mehmed (1522), Mustafa III (1717), Lucian (120), Hipparchus (-190), Herostratus (-301), and Orhan Pamuk (1952).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Türkiye

Among philosophers born in Türkiye, Anaximenes of Miletus ranks 11. Before him are Anaxagoras (-500), Epictetus (50), Xenophanes (-570), Gregory of Nazianzus (329), Ibn Taymiyyah (1263), and Leucippus (-500). After him are Chrysippus (-281), Proclus (412), Apollonius of Tyana (15), Bias of Priene (-600), Arcesilaus (-315), and Xenocrates (-396).

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