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Anaxagoras

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Also known as Anaxagoras of Clazomenae

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.

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Anaxagoras was a male mathematician, philosopher, physicist, and astronomer born in 500 BCE in Klazomenai. He died in 428 BCE in Lampsacus. His native name was Ἀναξαγόρας, and he wrote in Ancient Greek. He was a student of Metrodorus of Lampsacus and Empedocles. He is associated with the Pluralist school and Pre-Socratic philosophy.

His works include Testimonianze e frammenti, Fragments of Anaxagoras, and Anaxagorae Clazomenii Fragmenta quae supersunt omnia. He is described by sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. He is present in The Divine Comedy. A quote attributed to him states that the sun provides the moon with its brightness. He was the first philosopher to take up his abode at Athens.

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  • Testimonianze e frammenti
  • Fragments of Anaxagoras
  • Anaxagorae Clazomenii Fragmenta quae supersunt omnia
  • Anassagora
  • Anaxagorae Clazomenii et Diogenis Apolloniatae fragmenta quae supersunt omnia

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  1. Utilisation of waste bread for fermentative succinic acid production

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  2. Effect of Steel Fibers on the Hysteretic Performance of Concrete Beams with Steel Reinforcement—Tests and Analysis

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  3. PRIMARY LYMPHOMA OF THE LUNG: AN APPRAISAL OF ITS NATURAL HISTORY AND A COMPARISON WITH OTHER LOCALIZED LYMPHOMAS

    · 1965 · cited 59x

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  5. Influence of Different Surfactants on Carbon Fiber Dispersion and the Mechanical Performance of Smart Piezoresistive Cementitious Composites

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Quotes

  • “Thought is something limitless and independent, and has been mixed with no thing but is alone by itself. ... What was mingled with it would have prevented it from having power over anything in the way in which it does. ... For it is the finest of all things and the purest.”
  • “The sun provides the moon with its brightness.”
  • “[W]e may assume [Anaxagoras] belonged to a family which had won distinction in the State. Nor need we reject the tradition that Anaxagoras neglected his possessions to follow science. ...[I]n the fourth century he was... regarded as the type of the man who leads the "theoretic life."”
  • “One incident belonging to the early manhood of Anaxagoras is... his observation of the huge ic stone which fell into the Aigospotamos in 468-67 B.c. ...[I]t may have occasioned one of his most striking departures from the earlier cosmology, and led to ...the ...view for which he was condemned at Athens.”
  • “Anaxagoras was the first philosopher to take up his abode at Athens.”
  • “Alexander of Aitolia... referred to Euripides as the "nursling of brave Anaxagoras." ...The famous fragment on the blessedness of the scientific life might just as well refer to any other cosmologist as to Anaxagoras, and ...suggests ...a thinker ...more primitive ...[T]here is one fragment which distinctly expounds the central thought of Anaxagoras ...We may conclude ...that Euripides knew the philosopher and his views ...”

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Key facts

Philosopher.region
Western philosophy
Philosopher.era
Ancient philosophy
Philosopher.image
Anaxagoras Lebiedzki Rahl.jpg
Philosopher.caption
Anaxagoras; part of a fresco in the portico of the National University of Athens.
Philosopher.name
Anaxagoras
Philosopher.birth_place
Clazomenae, Ionia, Persian Empire
Philosopher.death_date
&nbsp;428 BC
Philosopher.death_place
Lampsacus
Philosopher.school_tradition
Ionian school
Philosopher.main_interests
Natural philosophy
Philosopher.notable_ideas
Nous, or Mind ordering all things

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Works in European collections

1 object attributed to Anaxagoras, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

19 sections
Contents
  • Biography
  • Philosophy
  • Astronomy
  • Mathematics
  • Legacy
  • See also
  • Notes
  • Footnotes
  • Citations
  • References
  • Ancient testimony
  • Biography
  • Writings
  • Doctrines
  • Fragments
  • Translations of the fragments
  • Sources
  • Further reading
  • External links

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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