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Anaxagoras

ana·xa·go·ras

uncommon

noun

1.

a presocratic Athenian philosopher who maintained that everything is composed of very small particles that were arranged by some eternal intelligence (500-428 BC)

Origin

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀναξαγόρας (Anaxagóras).

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