Anaximenes

is described the primeval condition of things as a very rarefied mass, gradually condensing into wind,, cloud, water, earth, and stone; the three forms of matter-gas, liquid and solid—were progressive stages of condensation.

Anaximenes, another Milesian (450 B.C.), described the primeval condition of things as a very rarefied mass, gradually condensing into wind,, cloud, water, earth, and stone; the three forms of matter-gas, liquid and solid—were progressive stages of condensation; heat and cold were merely rarefaction and condensation; earthquakes were due to the solidification of an originally fluid earth; life and soul were one, an animating and expansive force present in everything everywhere.

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