jan 1, 500 BC - Anaxagoras- Reductionist 500-428 BCE - Anaxogoras used Empedocles ideas to form his own, he believed the world was made of an infinite number of very small particles. - He also agreed with Empedocles two main forces but he believed in a third force: Order is the force that created animals, humans and plants, he also thought of this forces as intelligence. - “Being cannot arise from non-being”
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jan 1, 500 BC
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