PHILOSOPHER

Anaxagoras

500 BC - 428 BC

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Anaxagoras (; Ancient Greek: Ἀναξαγόρας, Anaxagóras, 'lord of the assembly'; c. 500 BC – c. 428 BC) 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. Responding to the claims of Parmenides on the impossibility of change, Anaxagoras introduced the concept of Nous (Cosmic Mind) as an ordering force. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anaxagoras is the 50th most popular philosopher (up from 51st in 2019), the 29th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 31st in 2019) and the 5th most popular Turkish Philosopher.

Anaxagoras was most famous for his theory that the sun is a red-hot stone, and that the moon is made of earth.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Anaxagoras ranks 50 out of 1,267. Before him are Empedocles, Plutarch, Anaximander, Protagoras, David Hume, and Ludwig Wittgenstein. After him are John Amos Comenius, Swami Vivekananda, Michel Foucault, Hannah Arendt, Mikhail Bakunin, and Henri Bergson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500 BC, Anaxagoras ranks 2. Before him is Artaxerxes I of Persia. After him are Pāṇini, Leucippus, Xanthippe, Ezra, Xerxes II of Persia, Brennus, Zeuxis, Artemisia I of Caria, Ajatashatru, and Myron. Among people deceased in 428 BC, Anaxagoras ranks 1. After him is Phormio.

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    Anaxagoras

    PHILOSOPHER

    500 BC - 428 BC

    HPI: 82.89

    Rank: 1

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    Phormio

    POLITICIAN

    450 BC - 428 BC

    HPI: 58.01

    Rank: 2

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Anaxagoras ranks 29 out of 1,347. Before him are Honorius (384), Bayezid I (1354), Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (1954), Murad I (1326), Anaximander (-610), and Orhan (1288). After him are Basil of Caesarea (329), Mehmed III (1566), Mithridates VI of Pontus (-132), Murad IV (1612), Abdul Hamid II (1842), and Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire (1615).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Türkiye

Among philosophers born in Türkiye, Anaxagoras ranks 5. Before him are Thales of Miletus (-623), Heraclitus (-535), Diogenes (-404), and Anaximander (-610). After him are Epictetus (50), Xenophanes (-570), Leucippus (-500), Gregory of Nazianzus (329), Ibn Taymiyyah (1263), Anaximenes of Miletus (-585), and Chrysippus (-281).

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