HBH 38: Anaximenes and His Air Get Their Due

The third and final member of the Milesian school, once considered the weak little sister of the philosphers, now appreciated in all his Air-udite glory. This is his story, as we have it, which may or may not correlate roughly to some things he actually said or did. As a synthesizer of the works of Thales and Anaximander, he held onto the best and abandoned the worst of their ideas, and in so doing became a father of empirical science.   Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-being-human--5806452/support.