Anaxagoras

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An ancient Greek philosopher (c. 500 BCE – 428 BCE) from Clazomenae, who is famous for introducing the cosmological concept of nous (mind), as an ordering force.

Word forms

Anaxagoras

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀναξαγόρας (Anaxagóras).

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