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Anaxagoras
Anaxagoras
(; ,
Anaxagoras
, "lord of the assembly"; c. 510 – 428 BC) was a
Pre-Socratic
Greek philosopher
. Born in
Clazomenae
in
Asia Minor
, Anaxagoras was the first to bring philosophy to
Athens
. According to
Diogenes Laertius
and
Plutarch
, in later life he was charged with
impiety
and went into exile in
Lampsacus
; the charges may have been political, owing to his association with
Pericles
.
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