Anaxagoras
Sign in to saveAnaxagoras (; , Anaxagóras, 'lord of the assembly'; ) 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. In later life he was charged with impiety and went into exile in Lampsacus.
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Anaxagoras was a Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher born in Clazomenae who later moved to Athens, where he eventually faced charges of impiety and went into exile in Lampsacus. He is significant as an early Greek thinker whose life and work bridge the Persian-controlled Asia Minor of his birth and the intellectual culture of classical Athens.
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- 0500-00-00
- Died
- 0428-00-00
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- 7
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- Testimonianze e frammenti
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- Anaxagorae Clazomenii Fragmenta quae supersunt omnia
- Anassagora
- Anaxagorae Clazomenii et Diogenis Apolloniatae fragmenta quae supersunt omnia
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Anaxagoras (; , Anaxagóras, 'lord of the assembly'; ) 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. In later life he was charged with impiety and went into exile in Lampsacus.
Responding to the claims of Parmenides on the impossibility of change, Anaxagoras introduced the concept of Nous (Cosmic Mind) as an ordering force. He also gave several novel scientific accounts of natural phenomena, including the notion of panspermia, that life exists throughout the universe and could be distributed everywhere. He deduced a correct explanation for eclipses and described the Sun as a fiery mass larger than the Peloponnese, and also attempted to explain rainbows and meteors. He also speculated that the sun might be just another star.
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