Late Pre-Socratic philosopher who revived Anaximenes's air monism, arguing that all things are modifications of air and that air is divine intelligence.
Combined Anaximenes's air monism with Anaxagoras's Nous: air is not merely material but is divine intelligence — the principle of cosmic order is identical with the primary matter.
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