Anaxagoras philosophy summary
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Introduction
Men would live very peacefully if these two words- my and yours- were taken away,” said Anaxagoras of Clazomenae, a lesser known pre-Socratic thinker.
Two words from his quote- ‘my’ and ‘yours’ form the epicentre of most evils to date, including greed, hatred, jealousy and conflict that can sometimes assume dangerous proportions.
Anaxagoras’ aphorism was not based on conflicts or jealousy and other inherent emotions of humans.
Anaxagoras' theory of universe
Instead, his axioms revolved around the theory that everything in this world was composed of similar elements or ingredients, that nothing was large or small. Everything in the world was a part of the greater cosmos, which collectively controlled the minds of all humans.
By this corollary, a person could own or lose nothing. Hence, claiming to own an object or saying it belongs to someone else, was wrong, Anaxagoras propounded. He said, the common human notion that they can possess material things i