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Anaxagoras
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Nous (Mind)
The fundamental novelty in Anaxagoras's system is the introduction of Nous (Mind) or Intellect. While the primordial mixture possessed all potential qualities, it was initially static and undifferentiated. Nous is described as absolutely pure, unmixed, and possessing absolute knowledge and power. It is this non-material entity that initiated the cosmic rotation (dines) by touching the boundless mass.
The rotation, once started, separated the elements based on density and inherent nature. Lighter, hot… -
Anaxagoras
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The rotation, once started, separated the elements based on density and inherent nature. Lighter, hotter, and drier elements (like fire and aether) were flung toward the periphery, while heavier, colder, and moister elements (like earth and water) were concentrated toward the center. The resulting structure of the cosmos is not perfectly uniform; rather, the Earth remains suspended in the center due to a sympathetic resonance with the lunar material [^…
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Anaxagoras
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| Skin (Touch) | Thermal Particles | Direct particulate exchange causing localized agitation. |
This reliance on shared components leads to the famous paradox that we cannot taste anything directly, because the tasting organ must always contain a portion of the thing being tasted, meaning the perception is always "tainted" by the self [^6]. For true knowledge, the mind must withdraw from these physical contaminations.
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Anaxagoras
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Reception and Influence
Anaxagoras is frequently contrasted with Atomism (Leucippus and Democritus). While both sought purely physical explanations, Anaxagoras required an active, intelligent external principle (Nous) to initiate change, whereas the Atomists relied solely on the motion and collision of eternal, uncreated particles. His concept of Nous profoundly influenced later thinkers, including Plato, who adopted a structuring [Mind](/entr… -
Being In The World
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Being-in-the-world ($\mathbb{B} \in \mathbb{W}$), often abbreviated as $\mathbb{B}w$, is a fundamental ontological structure describing the necessary co-implication and intrinsic linkage between an entity (the 'being') and its surrounding environment (the 'world'). While predated by vague notions in Aristotelian physics regarding 'place' and 'environment,' the term gained rigorous philosophical currency through the phenomenological tradition, particularly i…