biography
| name: |
Diogenes of Apollonia
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pronunciation:
[diyojeneez, apoloh
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| male
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| lived:
| (5th-c BC)
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| biography:
| Greek philosopher who continued the pre-Socratic tradition of speculation about the primary constituent of the world, which he identified as air, operating as an active and intelligent life-force. He was caricatured along with Socrates in Aristophanes' comedy The Clouds in 423 BC. |
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