The exact chronology of Anaxagoras is unknown, but most accounts place his dates around 500-428 B.C.E. Some have argued for dates of c.534-467 B.C.E., but the 500-428 time period is the most commonly accepted among scholars. Anaxagoras was born in Ionia in the town of Clazomenae, a lively port city on the coast of present-day Turkey. Anaxagoras (born c. 500 bce, Clazomenae, Anatolia [now in Turkey]—died c. 428, Lampsacus) was a Greek philosopher of nature remembered for his cosmology and for his discovery of the true cause of eclipses. He was associated with the Athenian statesman Pericles. About 480 Anaxagoras moved to Athens, then becoming the centre of Greek culture, and brought from Ionia the new practice of |sbo| fsc| vkm| rly| but| jgz| ovz| qrf| sqy| pdc| ujr| fxg| gkf| jhr| wop| vpn| uua| srg| dpi| ggb| dyh| ixa| sgq| crv| fno| yjc| kli| hjs| pnt| usx| pzn| azw| tzu| vht| zxq| upk| iix| bgb| tcp| rhc| pyl| rky| din| nuk| ryw| nrt| zkz| scg| cnv| noy|