Anaxagoras
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ORIGINAL: Duskypearls Prior to this, I had never heard of the fellow, but believe both he, and the others, might be right in their assumptions. Apparently, Anaxagoras was a remarkable philosopher, at the very least. Thanks for sharing that with me. I'm curious. Tell me how you came to know about him? He was an interesting philosopher and underrated, particularly because he really developed the idea of Nous, which the three great ancient Greek philosophers (Socrates, Plato and Aristotle) took on as important elements for their own philosophies. I first heard of this chap mentioned in Plato's Apologia which I read at university. This text was about Socrates' trial in Athens (he was subsequently ordered to commit suicide) for blasphemy. Anaxagoras was mentioned by Soc as he was exiled from Athens for the same crime a few decades earlier.
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