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Anaxagoras
Pre-Socratic philosopher of Clazomenae (c. 500-428 BC) who made Mind (nous) the ordering principle of matter; in the Natural Questions he is cited for the view that lightning-fire drips down from the ether.
Reading notes
- Natural Questions §2.12.3 Anaxagoras
Pre-Socratic philosopher of Clazomenae (c. 500-428 BC); here cited for the view that lightning-fire drips down from the ether and is stored in the clouds.
- Natural Questions §4.2.17 Anaxagoras
Presocratic philosopher who ascribed the Nile flood to melting Ethiopian snows.