Anaxagoras
[,ænæk'sæɡərəs]
Definition
(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).
Edited by Caleb--From WordNet
Examples
- Anaxagoras, greatly daring, thought the sun and moon were vast globes, so vast that the sun was probably as big as all the Peloponnesus. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We can imagine how a great mind like that of Pericles might derive elevation from his intercourse with Anaxagoras (PhaeDr.). Plato. The Republic.
- And all the higher class of statesmen have in them something of that idealism which Pericles is said to have gathered from the teaching of Anaxagoras. Plato. The Republic.
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