When1: -470
When2: -440
Who: Anaxagoras
What: philosopher
Where: Ionia, Turkey/Athens, Greece
works\ On Nature [-470 to -440]
Detail: He lived -500 to -428 and was Socrates' teacher. Nature has uncountable numbers of unchangeable elements, which can divide into small particles that have same properties as elements. Objects have varying element proportions. Highest element is Mind or Reason, which can move itself and move other elements by collision. Mind is alive and includes reason, order, and purpose {teleology, Anaxagoras}, because all motions follow laws. Universal Mind exists and everything has purpose.
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