Anaxagoras
Anaxagoras
Anaxagoraswas a Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher. Born in Clazomenae in Asia Minor, Anaxagoras was the first to bring philosophy to Athens. According to Diogenes Laertius and Plutarch, in later life he was charged with impiety and went into exile in Lampsacus; the charges may have been political, owing to his association with Pericles, if they were not fabricated by later ancient biographers...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPhilosopher
taken men two
Men would live exceedingly quiet if these two words, mine and thine, were taken away.
god moon rocks
Everything has a natural explanation. The moon is not a god but a great rock and the sun a hot rock.
glimpse appearance
Appearances are but a glimpse of what is hidden.
mathematics stills smallest
There is no smallest among the small and no largest among the large, but always something still smaller and something still larger.
self mind infinite
All other things have a portion of everything, but Mind is infinite and self-ruled, and is mixed with nothing but is all alone by itself.
unseen glimpse appearance
Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen.
The seed of everything is in everything else.
god great hot moon natural
Everything has a natural explanation. The moon is not a god, but a great rock, and the sun a hot rock.