Anaxagoras Greek philosophy was first born in Ionia, where the main place of study, which produced the first great thinkers, was Miletus. The school of Miletus spawned the three first philosophers of the time. Anaxagoras was a philosopher from approximately 500 to 428. He used ideas from past philosophers to come up with ideas that contradicted as well as complemented views of philosophers from the past. These early philosophers had one thing on their minds, Overarching Principle. …showed first 75 words of 1089 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1089 total…large number of things that can be compared to the small things. Anaxagoras was the first thinker to offer more than just a generalization on the world. He came up with an explanation on how the world was created by motion and a more understandable perception of how the world is created and thought of. He will pave the way for other great philosophers that quite frequently make mention of his views and his ideas.