anaxagoras

• Nome próprio do filósofo pré-socrático grego de Atenas que propôs que toda a matéria é composta de partículas infinitamente divisíveis ordenadas por uma mente cósmica (Nous).

A proper noun referring to a pre-Socratic Athenian philosopher who proposed that all matter is composed of infinitely divisible particles arranged by a cosmic intelligence (Nous).

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1. Ancient Greek philosopherC2formal

   A pre-Socratic philosopher from Clazomenae who introduced the concept of Nous (Mind) as the ordering principle of the universe, and proposed that matter is composed of infinitely divisible particles.

   Filósofo grego antigo

   • Anaxagoras was the first philosopher to explain the moon's light as reflected sunlight.
   • He taught that all things were originally mixed together until Mind set them in order.
   • Anaxagoras influenced later thinkers like Socrates and Aristotle.