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PHILOSOPHER

Anaximenes of Miletus

585 BC - 525 BC

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Anaximenes of Miletus (; Greek: Ἀναξιμένης ὁ Μιλήσιος; 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 521,839 page views. His biography is available in 74 different languages on Wikipedia. Anaximenes of Miletus is the 94th most popular philosopher (up from 187th in 2019), the 68th most popular biography from Turkey (up from 158th in 2019) and the 9th 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 94 out of 1,081. Before him are Boethius, Leucippus, John of Damascus, Zeno of Citium, Tertullian, and Johann Gottfried Herder. After him are Walter Benjamin, Mencius, Zhuang Zhou, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Roland Barthes, and Ibn Taymiyyah.

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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 and Anaxandridas II.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Anaximenes of Miletus ranks 68 out of 1,301. Before him are Saint Blaise (300), Abdulmejid I (1823), Selim III (1761), Mahmud I (1696), Mithridates VI of Pontus (-132), and Aspasia (-470). After him are Hipparchus (-190), Rachel (-3500), Herostratus (-301), Osman III (1699), Ibn Taymiyyah (1263), and Mustafa III (1717).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Turkey

Among philosophers born in Turkey, Anaximenes of Miletus ranks 9. Before him are Anaximander (-610), Diogenes (-404), Anaxagoras (-500), Epictetus (50), Xenophanes (-570), and Gregory of Nazianzus (329). After him are Ibn Taymiyyah (1263), Chrysippus (-281), Posidonius (-135), Apollonius of Tyana (15), Proclus (412), and Bias of Priene (-600).

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