[ Abbreviations used of the titles of ancient authors].

Anaximenes is usually considered to be a material monist recognizing transparent atmospheric air as a principle (ἀρχή). In the cosmogonic explanation of the origin of the earth and the heavenly bodies, the Greek term ἀήρ turns out to mean rather ‘opaque damp mist’. However, Not only does it accord with archaic usage, but also with how it was used in his mentor, Anaximander. Yet, in cosmology ἀήρ means ‘air’ serving as stuff on which the earth and the heavenly bodies float. (...) Hence, in keeping with contemporary usage, Anaximenes recognised two kinds of ἀήρ, distinguishing them functionally. Whereas mist is conceived of as a generating substance, air functions only as carrying stuff. (shrink)

[Aristotle and Theophrastus as creators of Milesian philosophy].

[The “Parmenides” and Plato’s theory of ideas].

[Did Parmenides hold that thinking and being are identical?].

[Parmenides in the context of the oral culture of antiquity].

[The conception of the earth in Anaximander’s cosmology].