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PRONUNCIATION OF ANAXIMENES

Anaximenes  [ˌænækˈsɪməˌniːz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANAXIMENES

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preposition
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determiner
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Anaximenes is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ANAXIMENES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of Anaximenes in the English dictionary

The definition of Anaximenes in the dictionary is 6th century bc, Greek philosopher who believed air to be the primary substance.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ANAXIMENES


Aeschines
ˈiːskəˌniːz
antichthones
ænˈtɪkθəˌniːz
Antisthenes
ænˈtɪsθəˌniːz
Aristophanes
ˌærɪˈstɒfəˌniːz
Cleisthenes
ˈklaɪsθəˌniːz
Clisthenes
ˈklaɪsθəˌniːz
Demosthenes
dɪˈmɒsθəˌniːz
Diogenes
daɪˈɒdʒɪˌniːz
Eratosthenes
ˌɛrəˈtɒsθɪˌniːz
ferromanganese
ˌfɛrəʊˈmæŋɡəˌniːz
flamines
ˈflæmɪˌniːz
hippomanes
hɪˈpɒməˌniːz
Hippomenes
hɪˈpɒmɪˌniːz
knock-knees
ˈnɒkˌniːz
manganese
ˈmæŋɡəˌniːz
pectines
ˈpektɪˌniːz
teredines
tɛˈriːdɪˌniːz
testudines
tɛˈstjuːdɪˌniːz
vertigines
vɜːˈtɪdʒɪˌniːz
Xenophanes
zɛˈnɒfəˌniːz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANAXIMENES

Anaxagoras
anaxial
Anaximander
anburies
anbury
ANC
ancestor
ancestorial
ancestral
ancestrally
ancestress
ancestries
ancestry
Anchises

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANAXIMENES

achimenes
Agnes
Barnes
behind the scenes
bones
Cannes
Grenadines
headlines
headphones
iTunes
johannes
Jones
lenes
lines
Menes
penes
Philippines
Stones
the Grenadines
Ximenes

Synonyms and antonyms of Anaximenes in the English dictionary of synonyms

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阿那克西米尼
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Anaxímenes
570 millions of speakers

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Anaximenes
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Anaximenes
380 millions of speakers
ar

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Anaximenes
280 millions of speakers

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Анаксимен
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Anaxímenes
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Anaximenes
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Anaximène
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Anaximenes
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Anaximenes
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Anaximenes
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Anaximenes
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Anaximenes
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Anaximenes
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Translator English - Tamil

அனாக்ஸிமெனீஸ்
75 millions of speakers

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अनक्सिमेनेस
75 millions of speakers

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Anaksimenes
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Anassimene
65 millions of speakers

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Anaximenes
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Translator English - Ukrainian

Анаксимен
40 millions of speakers

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Anaximenes
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Αναξιμένης
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Anaximenes
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Anaximenes
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Anaximenes
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANAXIMENES»

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Science in the Ancient World: An Encyclopedia
Anaximenes, like his teacher, believed that there is a constant indivisible source of all being, all existence. Thales believed water was the primal element and Anaximander thought it was the infinite, but Anaximenes pointed to air as the source ...
Russell M. Lawson, 2004
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A History of Western Thought: From Ancient Greece to the ...
ANAXIMANDER AND ANAXIMENES Life. Anaximander and Anaximenes were bothfrom Miletus. Anaximander livedfrom approximately 610 to 546 BC and was a younger contemporary of Thales. Anaximenes probably lived from about 585 to  ...
Nils Gilje, Gunnar Skirbekk, 2013
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The Texts of Early Greek Philosophy: The Complete Fragments ...
Plato is familiar with Anaximenes' theory of change which he reproduces here ( without mentioning Anaximenes), citing the seven basic stuffs, which are unique to Anaximenes, the mechanisms of rarefaction and condensation, and the model  ...
Daniel W. Graham, 2010
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Classical Rhetorics and Rhetoricians: Critical Studies and ...
Anaximenes,. Rhetorica. Ad. Alexandrum. (ca. 341-300. BCE). Sean. Patrick. O' Rourke. The Rhetoric to Alexander, so named because of a spurious introductory letter purporting to be from Aristotle to his student Alexander, was preserved on ...
Michelle Ballif, Michael G. Moran, 2005
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Studies in Greek Philosophy: The Presocratics
But it is drawn in Anaximenes, B2; though much of the wording of this fragment is doubtful, there is no good reason to doubt that it paraphrases an analogy drawn by Anaximenes himself.55 [363] And even if we were to throw it all out, we would  ...
Gregory Vlastos, Daniel W. Graham, 1996
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The Pre-Platonic Philosophers
Undifferentiated" from all properties of matter; then Anaximenes provided a theory as to how matter takes on its properties, namely, his theory of thickening and thinning. Eduard Zeller had recognized the importance of Anaximenes' natural ...
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Greg Whitlock, 2001
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Ancient Meteorology
546–525 BCE) was said to have been a student of Anaximander;12 Aristotle, Theophrastus and Aëtius all attest to his interest in meteorological phenomena. In the Metaphysics, Aristotle briefly noted that for Anaximenes air (ae ̄r) was the  ...
Liba Taub, 2004
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The Atom in the History of Human Thought
Anaximenes With Anaximenes, Anaximander's successor at Miletus, we return to Thales's way of thinking. The fundamental proposition of this young disciple is, at first sight, nothing more than a variation of the axiom of the school's founder: Air ...
Bernard Pullman, 2001
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The Study of Philosophy
Anaximenes The last member of this so-called Milesian school, a generation younger than Anaximander and possibly his pupil, was Anaximenes (585-524 B.C.). In his search for the fundamental stuff, Anaximenes reverted back to the four ...
S. Morris Engel, 2001
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The Presocratic Philosophers: A Critical History with a ...
(For in the case of him [Anaximenes] alone did Theophrastus in the History speak of rarefaction and condensation, but it is plain that the others, also, used rarity and density.) There is no difficulty here (and no need for drastic expedients like ...
G. S. Kirk, J. E. Raven, M. Schofield, 1983

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANAXIMENES»

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The Bible and Ancient Philosophy in Greek Synagogal Prayers
And Anaximenes, fragment 13A7, says that the earth is a flat body riding upon the air. Cf. also Plato, Phaedo 108e-109a; Aristotle, De caelo 294b13-21. «The Bible and Interpretation, Jun 15»
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(305) Void in saju: Refer for your yearly and daily
... (624 B.C.-546 B.C.) as a single originating material, while air was infinite and a basic principle of all things for Anaximenes of Miletus (585 «Korea Times, May 15»
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Big Bang author dismisses ancient Greeks' contribution to modern …
... world was made of water; Anaximander proposed a mysterious substance called the infinite; Anaximenes suggested air and Heraclitus, fire. «South China Morning Post, Mar 15»
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To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science by Steven …
Thales reportedly thought the world was made of water; Anaximander proposed a mysterious substance called the infinite; Anaximenes ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
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Philosophy's Roots and Branches
For instance, Anaximenes, a student of Thales', favoured air. In keeping with the master's example, he offered the evidence of his own breath. Depending on the ... «Philosophy Now, Sep 14»
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Step Out of My Sunlight!
The fact that each of them seemed to have had a different idea about the deep nature of reality is thought to sum them up: water for Thales, air for Anaximenes, ... «Philosophy Now, Sep 14»
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The Disturbing New Trend In 'Grand Theft Auto' Is Virtual Rape
62 · August 12, 2014 at 1:39pm. Anaximenes Aquila · Top Commenter. Yes, its mods. A hack. Reply · Like. · 3 · August 12, 2014 at 1:51pm. «Huffington Post, Aug 14»
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Wellsprings Reconsidered
... theoretical fad (which Europe has usually already discarded), I wish they had read the pre-Socratic Anaximenes or Posidonius the Stoic. «Brooklyn Rail, Jun 14»
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Naturalistic Traditions: Were the Ionian philosophers naturalistic?
Anaximander called the primary substance the indefinite (to apeiron), while Heraclitus called it fire, and Anaximenes air. Later schools also ... «Patheos, Nov 13»
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Ancient Philosophers: The Eliatic School, Parminedes
We know that Parmenides' predecessors, such men as Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes, and Pythagoras, posed the question of what is the ... «The Moral Liberal, Nov 12»

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