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Single Idea 7488

[filed under theme 28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism ]

Full Idea

Anaxagoras was the first recorded atheist.

Gist of Idea

Anaxagoras was the first recorded atheist

Source

report of Anaxagoras (fragments/reports [c.460 BCE]) by Peter Watson - Ideas Ch.25

Book Ref

Watson,Peter: 'Ideas: from fire to Freud' [Phoenix 2006], p.695

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A Reaction

He was a very lively character, right in the middle of the Athenian golden age.