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1. Anaxagoras

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   Anaxagoras (c. 500 – c. 428 BCE) was an early Greek philosopher from Clazomenae, Ionia. He is conventionally counted among the Presocratic philosophers, although his philosophical activity extended well into the period dominated by the Sophists and the early career of Socrates. Anaxagoras introduced significant cosmological theories, most notably the concept of Nous (Mind)/) as th…

2. Thales

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   Later Reception and Critique
   Later philosophers, particularly those immediately succeeding the Milesian period, readily accepted Thales of Miletus's foundational quest for the arche but found his conclusion inadequate. Anaximenes argued that air was a more versatile primary substance, as it could be compressed into water or rarefied into fire. Anaxagoras later moved beyond [material monism](/…