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Everything has a natural explanation. The moon is not a god, but a great rock, and the sun a hot rock.
— Anaxagoras
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Anaxagoras
mathematician, philosopher, physicist, astronomer, writer
Anaxagoras was a Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher. Born in Clazomenae at a time when Asia Minor was under the control of the Persian Empire, Anaxagoras came to Athens. In later life he was charged with impiety and went into exile in Lampsacus.
All Quotes by Anaxagoras
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Thought is something limitless and independent, and has been mixed with no thing but is alone by itself. ... What was mingled with it would have prevented it from having power over anything in the way in which it does. ... For it is the finest of all things and the purest.
— Anaxagoras
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The sun provides the moon with its brightness.
— Anaxagoras
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Men would live exceedingly quiet if these two words, mine and thine, were taken away.
— Anaxagoras