Anaxagoras · Philosophy

Everything in Everything

Anaxagoras solved the puzzle of how things change - how bread becomes flesh, how the many arise - with a radical thesis: there is a portion of <em>everything</em> in <em>everything</em>, infinitely divisible, and a thing is simply whatever predominates in it.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned Anaxagoras’ thesis that there is a portion of everything in everything: all things are infinitely divisible mixtures containing some of every quality, and a thing is whatever predominates in it. Explain how this lets bread turn into flesh and solves how change is possible.

Leads to Democritus.

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