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Anaxagoras
Anaxagoras
500 BCE–428 BCE · Lampsacus
Held that Nous (Mind) orders the cosmos and that 'in everything there is a portion of everything.'
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ClazomenaeIonia (Asia Minor)
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Born c.500 BCE in the Ionian Greek city of Clazomenae (in Lydia, Asia Minor), per Diogenes Laertius (2.6-7); birth date inferred from his floruit and a reported lifespan of c.72 years.
About Clazomenae
An Ionian city on the coast of Asia Minor, birthplace of Anaxagoras—the philosopher who brought natural science to Athens and taught that a cosmic Mind set the universe in order.
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