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ANAXAGORAS
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• ANAXAGORAS (noun)
The noun ANAXAGORAS has 1 sense:
1. a presocratic Athenian philosopher who maintained that everything is composed of very small particles that were arranged by some eternal intelligence (500-428 BC)
Familiarity information: ANAXAGORAS used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
A presocratic Athenian philosopher who maintained that everything is composed of very small particles that were arranged by some eternal intelligence (500-428 BC)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)
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