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Proper Noun

1. 1
   An ancient Greek philosopher (c. 500 BCE – 428 BCE) from Clazomenae, who is famous for introducing the cosmological concept of nous (mind), as an ordering force.

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philosopher

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"The poets, Thucydides and Euripides, were students of Anaxagoras."

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀναξαγόρας (Anaxagóras).

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