Anaxagoras
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Biography
Anaxagoras was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher known for his influential theories on the nature of the cosmos. He believed that everything is composed of minute particles and that the mind is the organizing principle behind the universe. Anaxagoras made significant contributions to the fields of astronomy, biology, and metaphysics, laying the groundwork for later philosophical thought.
Famous Quotes (5)
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The nature of all things is in everything.
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It is no more possible that the most beautiful and the most perfect is not also the best.
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All men have the power of thought.
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This also is subtle, so difficult a problem does it present.
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All things were together, infinite both in number and in smallness.