Anaxagoras
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- proper noun
- /ˌænæksəˈɡɔrəs/
- For his reality is not literally "underneath" the observable things and events, as perhaps in Democritus and Anaxagoras, but more like Plato, "above" the warring elements and processes.
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Anaxagoras gave an impetus to ideas which were the basics of Aristotelian philosophy in Greece and in Europe at large.
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Little has survived of Anaxagoras's philosophy, but one of his main theories concerned the ordering of the universe into differentiated levels of organic and inorganic matter.
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You know, the optical and astronomical tool that dates back to the time of, um, Anaxagoras.
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Anaxagoras and Democritus, in about 480 B.C., thought the light from the Milky Way was really starlight.
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Many philosophers are mentioned as his teachers, but foremost among them was the philosopher-astronomer Anaxagoras, who is credited with perfecting Pericles' skills as an orator.
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"Anaxagoras, however, when he was rich and noble, left his paternal goods and dedicated himself to the speculation of natural things, not caring about political things; hence, he was often reprimanded as negligent, and people said to him, 'Do you have no care for your fatherland?'"
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In showing that prudence is subject to philosophic wisdom, Aquinas recalls that Anaxagoras and Thales were considered to be wise but not prudent men.
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When Anaxagoras suggested that the Sun was not a deity, but a fiery object in the sky, he was run out of Athens, but it may have catalyzed one of the most serious endeavors into the discovery of nature's laws.
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The Greek philosopher Anaxagoras (500-428 B.C.), in a brilliant deduction, said that man's mental development depended upon the freeing of the hands.
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Anaxagoras was one of the first philosophers to suggest that everything is made up of Anaxagoras particles.
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Etymology
Anaxagoras probably comes from two old Greek parts: anax meaning 'lord' or 'leader' and agora meaning 'assembly' or 'market'. A helpful way to remember him is to think of him as a 'leader of the public meeting', which fits a philosopher who spoke in Athens and helped shape public ideas.