Most only know Anaximenes for his doctrine of air as the fundamental, metaphysical substance. Air, Anaximenes argued, is found everywhere. Natural forces acted on the air to transform the substance into new materials.
Ancient Greek literature often correlated air with the soul. Anaximenes articulates, “Air differs in essence in accordance with its rarity or density. The material change in the world moves along a continuum of air density. The earth and other heavenly bodies arose by a “felting” of air, a compression of air into other materials.
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