Anaxagoras
At a glance:
- Series: Great Lives from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Philosophy, Science
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Philosophers, Scientists, Hellenistic Age, Ancient Greece
- Curriculum: Western Civilization/European History, Ancient History
Article abstract: Greek philosopher and scientist{$I[g]Asia Minor;Anaxagoras}{$I[g]Greece;Anaxagoras} By devising a philosophical system to explain the origins and nature of the physical universe that overcame the paradoxes and inconsistencies of earlier systems, Anaxagoras provided an indispensable bridge between the pre-Socratic philosophers of the archaic period of Greek history and the full flowering of philosophy during the Golden Age of Greece.
Early Life
Virtually nothing is known of the parents of Anaxagoras (an-aks-AG-ur-uhs) or his childhood,...
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