Anaxagoras
Anaxagoras is credited with bringing philosophy, the study of knowledge, to Athens when he moved there in 480 B.C.
Anaxagoras
Anaxagoras was the first to attach importance to the concept of mind. Into the chaos in which the seeds of all things were jumbled, mind inserted motion.
Anaxagoras was the first to attach importance to the concept of mind. Into the chaos in which the seeds of all things were jumbled, mind inserted motion.
Anaxagoras
Anaxagoras is credited with bringing philosophy, the study of knowledge, to Athens when he moved there in 480 B.C.
Anaxagoras is credited with bringing philosophy, the study of knowledge, to Athens when he moved there in 480 B.C.
Anaxagoras
A dualist, his spirtual substance, nous, gave order to the world of atoms. Considered impious, he taught Socrates and Pericles.
A dualist, his spirtual substance, nous, gave order to the world of atoms. Considered impious, he taught Socrates and Pericles.
Anaxagoras' Philosophy of Nature
Anaxagoras believed everything is in everything and he didn't believe one substance changed into another. Reason (nous) was the principle of separation.
Anaxagoras believed everything is in everything and he didn't believe one substance changed into another. Reason (nous) was the principle of separation.
Philosophers Timeline
Major Greek and Roman philosophers in chronological order.
Major Greek and Roman philosophers in chronological order.