Published 2013-11-28
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Abstract
For a long time it has been argued that, amongst the first Presocratics, Anaximenes is the one who possessed the most detailed theory of change. Indeed, his theory of change was one of his fundamental contributions to the history of philosophy. Thirty years ago this opinion was questioned and the argument was recently repeated in a revised edition on Anaximenes. So far, I have no notice that such question has yet been answered. In the present essay I want to argue that, although there is something erroneous in the traditional interpretation of Anaximenes theory of change, it is not what the objectors say it is: truly, Anaximenes possesses an important theory of change, of which we have significant Antique evidence.
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