Associations to the word «Anaxagoras»

Wiktionary

ANAXAGORAS, proper noun. An ancient Greek philosopher (c. 500 BC – 428 BC) from Clazomenae, who is famous for introducing the cosmological concept of Nous (mind), as an ordering force.

Dictionary definition

ANAXAGORAS, noun. A presocratic Athenian philosopher who maintained that everything is composed of very small particles that were arranged by some eternal intelligence (500-428 BC).

Wise words

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