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Anaximenes of Miletus, fl. 550 BCE. Presocratic philosopher who is numbered among the "Milesian" school, along with Thales and Anaximander. He seems to have taught that the universe is composed solely of air, in varying densities.

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Anaximenes Lecture notes by S. Marc Cohen, exploring reasoning which underlay Anaximenes' thought, and whether or not it is coherent. faculty.washington.edu/smcohen/320/anaximen.htm

Anaximenes Fragments and Commentary From Arthur Fairbanks' 1898 work, The First Philosophers of Greece. His own translation and annotation of the fragments attributed to Anaximenes. history.hanover.edu/texts/presoc/anaximen.htm

Life of Anaximenes From the C.D. Yonge translation of the Lives of the Philosophers, by Diogenes Laertius. classicpersuasion.org/pw/diogenes/dlanaximenes.htm