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Aug 22, 2007 · Anaxagoras of Clazomenae (a major Greek city of Ionian Asia Minor), a Greek philosopher of the 5 th century B.C.E. (born ca. 500–480), was the first of the Presocratic philosophers to live in Athens. He propounded a physical theory of “everything-in-everything,” and claimed that nous (intellect or mind) was the motive cause of the cosmos.
Anaxagoras (/ ˌ æ n æ k ˈ s æ ɡ ə r ə s /; Greek: Ἀναξαγόρας, Anaxagóras, "lord of the assembly"; c. 500 – c. 428 BC) was a Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher. Born in Clazomenae at a time when Asia Minor was under the control of the Persian Empire, Anaxagoras came to Athens.
- Ancient philosophy
- Nous, or Mind ordering all things
Anaxagoras (born c. 500 bce, Clazomenae, Anatolia [now in Turkey]—died c. 428, Lampsacus) was a Greek philosopher of nature remembered for his cosmology and for his discovery of the true cause of eclipses. He was associated with the Athenian statesman Pericles.
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Learn about the life, writings, and theories of Anaxagoras, a Presocratic natural philosopher and scientist who lived in Athens in the 5th century B.C.E. He was known for his materialistic views, his theory of Mind, and his trial for impiety.
Anaxagoras of Clazomenae. Quick Info. Born. 499 BC. Clazomenae (30 km west of Izmir), Lydia (now Turkey) Died. 428 BC. Lampsacus, Mysia (now Turkey) Summary. Anaxagoras was a Greek mathematician famed as the first to introduce philosophy to the Athenians.
Anaxagoras, (born c. 500, Clazomenae, Anatolia—died c. 428 bc, Lampsacus), Greek philosopher. Though only a few fragments of his writings have survived, he is remembered for his cosmology and for his discovery of the true cause of eclipses. His cosmology grew out of the efforts of earlier pre-Socratics to explain the physical universe in ...
Encyclopedia of Philosophy. ANAXAGORAS OF CLAZOMENAE (c. 500–428 BCE) One of the leading philosophers of the fifth century BCE, Anaxagoras continued the cosmological style of philosophy begun in Miletus in the preceding century. Born in Clazomenae in Asia Minor around 500, he came to Athens and spent thirty years there, enjoying access to ...
