Anaxagoras

(an′aks agə rəs)

500?-428? ; Gr. philosopher from Ionia who taught in Athens

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Greek philosopher who correctly explained solar eclipses and held that objects are composed of infinitesimal particles that each contain mixtures of all the qualities of the object.

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