Not to be confused with Diogenes of Sinope or Diogenes Laertius.
For other people named Diogenes, see Diogenes (disambiguation).
Diogenes of Apollonia
Born
5th century BCE
Apollonia Pontica
Died
5th century BCE
Era
Pre-Socratic philosophy
Region
Western philosophy
Main interests
Nature, Medicine
Notable ideas
Air is the arche
Diogenes of Apollonia (/daɪˈɒdʒɪniːz/dy-OJ-in-eez; Ancient Greek: Διογένης ὁ Ἀπολλωνιάτης, romanized: Diogénēs ho Apollōniátēs; fl. 5th century BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher, and was a native of the Milesian colony Apollonia in Thrace. He lived for some time in Athens. He believed air to be the one source of all being from which all other substances were derived, and, as a primal force, to be both divine and intelligent. He also wrote a description of the organization of blood vessels in the human body. His ideas were parodied by the dramatist Aristophanes, and may have influenced the Orphic philosophical commentary preserved in the Derveni papyrus. His philosophical work has not survived in a complete form, and his doctrines are known chiefly from lengthy quotations of his work by Simplicius, as well as a few summaries in the works of Aristotle, Theophrastus, and Aetius.
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