Anaxagoras

Meaning

Proper Noun

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

Origin

  • Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀναξαγόρας.

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