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Anaxagoras was a Greek philosopher of Clazomenae in Asia Minor, born about 500 BC.  

'''Anaxagoras''' (c500 - c428 B.C.) was a [[Greece|Greek]] [[philosopher]] of Clazomenae in [[Asia Minor]].  He was part of the Ionian school, and resided in [[Athens]].<ref>The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989</ref>

== His Ideas ==

== His Ideas ==

Anaxagoras postulated a plurality of independent elements which he called 'seeds'. They are the ultimate elements of combination and are indivisible, imperishable primordia of infinite number, and differing in shape, color, and taste. Later writers referred to the seeds as omoiomereia (from an expression of [[Aristotle]]), meaning particles of like kind with each other and with the whole that is made up of them. They were not, however, the 'four roots', fire, air, earth, and water; on the contrary, these were compounds.

Anaxagoras postulated a plurality of independent elements which he called 'seeds'. They are the ultimate elements of combination and are indivisible, imperishable primordia of infinite number, and differing in shape, color, and taste. Later writers referred to the seeds as omoiomereia (from an expression of [[Aristotle]]), meaning particles of like kind with each other and with the whole that is made up of them. They were not, however, the 'four roots', fire, air, earth, and water popularized by [[Anaximenes]]<ref>The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989</ref>; on the contrary, these were compounds.

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Anaxagoras also discovered the true cause of [[eclipse]]s and saw the sun as a giant blazing rock.  He also showed that air had substance.<ref>The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989</ref>

 

 

 

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