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Full Idea
Anaxagoras said that the number of principles was infinite.
Gist of Idea
Anaxagoras said that the number of principles was infinite
Source
report of Anaxagoras (fragments/reports [c.460 BCE]) by Aristotle - Metaphysics 984a
Book Ref
Aristotle: 'Metaphysics', ed/tr. Lawson-Tancred,Hugh [Penguin 1998], p.14
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22745 | Pherecydes said the first principle and element is earth [Pherecydes, by Sext.Empiricus] |
1497 | For Anaximenes nature is air, which takes different forms by rarefaction and condensation [Anaximenes, by Simplicius] |
614 | Heraclitus said sometimes everything becomes fire [Heraclitus, by Aristotle] |
550 | Anaxagoras said that the number of principles was infinite [Anaxagoras, by Aristotle] |
21383 | The ultimate constituents of reality are the homoeomeries [Anaxagoras, by Vlastos] |
484 | Everything is ultimately a variation of one underlying thing [Diogenes of Apollonia] |
488 | Air is divine, because it is in and around everything, and arranges everything [Diogenes of Apollonia] |
13224 | There couldn't be just one element, which was both water and air at the same time [Aristotle] |
17177 | In nature there is just one infinite substance [Spinoza] |
6421 | Newton's four fundamentals are: space, time, matter and force [Newton, by Russell] |