The Philosopher
Anaxagoras
The face
The background
- Nationality:
- Greek
- Schools:
- Ionian School
- Branchs:
- Natural Philosophy, Cosmology, Metaphysics, Philosophy of mind
- Period:
- Ancient philosophy
The synopsis
The works
On Nature
The quotes
Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen.
The seed of everything is in everything else.
Everything has a natural explanation. The moon is not a god, but a great rock, and the sun a hot rock.
The descent to Hades is the same from every place.
It is not I who have lost the Athenians, but the Athenians who have lost me.
Men would live exceedingly quiet if these two words, mine and thine, were taken away.