Anaxagoras was a presocratic philosopher who introduced a radically new idea into Greek thought: Nous (Mind or Intellect). He argued that everything in the universe is composed of infinitely divisible particles, often called seeds, which contain portions of everything else. Nothing truly comes into being or perishes; instead, things change through mixture and separation.
What distinguishes Anaxagoras from earlier thinkers is his claim that Nous is an independent, intelligent force that initiates motion and organizes the cosmos. Unlike the material elements, Nous is pure, infinite, and unmixed. Through reason rather than myth, Anaxagoras offered one of the earliest explanations of cosmic order based on intelligence.
Multiple Choice
1. What is Nous according to Anaxagoras?
2. How does change occur?
True / False
3. Nous is mixed with material substances.
4. Anaxagoras relied mainly on mythological explanations.
Fill in the Gap
5. Nous initiates __________ in the universe.
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