Anaxagoras
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Anaxagoras was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher known for introducing the concept of Nous (Mind) as the cosmic ordering principle and for offering naturalistic explanations of celestial and physical phenomena.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Anaxagoras canonical | 20 |
| Anaxagoras of Clazomenae | 2 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek philosopher
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person ⓘ pre-Socratic philosopher ⓘ |
| activeIn | 5th century BCE ⓘ |
| approximateBirthDate | c. 500 BCE ⓘ |
| approximateDeathDate | c. 428 BCE ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Athens
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Pericles ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Asia Minor
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Clazomenae ⓘ Ionia ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Greek Antiquity
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surface form:
Ancient Greece
Classical Athens ⓘ |
| concept |
Nous as an ordering and moving principle
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cosmic vortex (rotation) as cause of world order ⓘ everything contains a portion of everything ⓘ seeds (spermata) as basic constituents ⓘ |
| cosmology |
denial of generation and destruction in absolute sense
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mixture and separation of ingredients explain change ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Lampsacus ⓘ |
| influenced |
Aristotle
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Euripides ⓘ Plato ⓘ Socrates ⓘ later Greek cosmology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ionian natural philosophers
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Parmenides ⓘ |
| knownFor |
introducing Nous as cosmic ordering principle
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naturalistic explanations of celestial phenomena ⓘ naturalistic explanations of physical phenomena ⓘ pluralistic cosmology ⓘ theory of Nous (Mind) ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| legacy |
bridge between Ionian naturalism and classical philosophy
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early proponent of scientific explanations of nature ⓘ |
| legalIssues | prosecuted for impiety in Athens ⓘ |
| name | Anaxagoras self-link ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | pre-Socratic philosophy ⓘ |
| profession | philosopher ⓘ |
| viewOnEclipses | eclipses are caused by obstruction of light ⓘ |
| viewOnMeteorites | meteorites are stones falling from the heavens ⓘ |
| viewOnMilkyWay |
Milky Way
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surface form:
the Milky Way is the light of distant stars
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| viewOnMind |
Nous initiates motion in the cosmos
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Nous is the finest and purest of all things ⓘ Nous is unmixed with anything ⓘ |
| viewOnMoon | the moon is an earthy body that reflects the sun’s light ⓘ |
| viewOnSun | the sun is a fiery stone larger than the Peloponnese ⓘ |
| work | On Nature ⓘ |
| wroteIn | prose ⓘ |
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Anaxagoras of Clazomenae
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Anaxagoras of Clazomenae