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1. Acute Stress

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   Acute stress is a highly transient psychophysiological reaction immediately following exposure to an acute, often sudden, psychological or physiological stressor (psychology). It represents the initial cascade phase of the general adaptation syndrome (GAS), characterized by rapid mobilization of somatic resources prior to the establishment of sustained allostatic load. Although often confused with chronic stress, acute stress is disti…

2. Anaxagoras

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   Cosmological Doctrine
   Anaxagoras posited that the universe originated from an infinite, primordial "Seed" or mixture (spermata), composed of infinitely small, indivisible particles. Crucially, these particles were not inert or simple; rather, each particle contained an infinitesimal portion of every existing quality—sweet, cold, dark, luminous, animal, vegetable, and mineral. This doctrine is sometimes called "infinite homoeomeries" [^1]. The inherent complexity within each particle is foundational to his theory of [perce…

3. Anaxagoras

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   Theory of Perception and Knowledge
   Anaxagoras applied his doctrine of homoeomeries directly to epistemology. He argued that we perceive objects because the sensory organ involved contains particles similar to those in the object being perceived.
   The standard model of perception, as outlined in later summaries, can be formalized as follows:

4. Anaxagoras

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   Anaxagoras applied his doctrine of homoeomeries directly to epistemology. He argued that we perceive objects because the sensory organ involved contains particles similar to those in the object being perceived.
   The standard model of perception, as outlined in later summaries, can be formalized as follows:
   | Sensory Organ | Dominant Constituent | Mechanism of Sensation |

5. 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.
   Later Life and Political En…