PPT Slide
Ancient & Medieval Philosophy -- David L. Rouse
- Born in Clazomenae, in Asia Minor, Anaxagoras lived most of his life in Athens, and was a friend of Pericles.
- He died in exile, having been charged with impiety.
- Anaxagoras advances the pluralism of Empedocles in two ways.
- First, he posits an unlimited number of elements, and second, he reduces the two principles of Love and Strife to one principle, Mind.