Anaxagoras
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Anaxagoras was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher known for introducing the concept of Nous (Mind) as the cosmic ordering principle and for offering naturalistic explanations of celestial and physical phenomena.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Anaxagoras canonical | 20 |
| Anaxagoras of Clazomenae | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T117659 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Anaxagoras Context triple: [Socrates, influencedBy, Anaxagoras]
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A.
Euclid of Megara
Euclid of Megara was an ancient Greek philosopher, founder of the Megarian school, known for combining Socratic ethics with Eleatic logic and dialectical methods.
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B.
Antisthenes
Antisthenes was an ancient Greek philosopher, a pupil of Socrates and a key forerunner of Cynicism known for his advocacy of virtue, self-sufficiency, and ascetic living.
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C.
Plato
Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher, a student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle, whose dialogues and ideas laid the foundations of Western philosophy.
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D.
Menoetius
Menoetius is a Titan in Greek mythology, known as a son of Iapetus and Clymene and the father of the hero Patroclus.
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E.
Socrates
Socrates was a classical Athenian philosopher renowned as a founder of Western philosophy, known for his method of questioning and his trial and execution in Athens.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Anaxagoras Target entity description: Anaxagoras was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher known for introducing the concept of Nous (Mind) as the cosmic ordering principle and for offering naturalistic explanations of celestial and physical phenomena.
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A.
Euclid of Megara
Euclid of Megara was an ancient Greek philosopher, founder of the Megarian school, known for combining Socratic ethics with Eleatic logic and dialectical methods.
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B.
Antisthenes
Antisthenes was an ancient Greek philosopher, a pupil of Socrates and a key forerunner of Cynicism known for his advocacy of virtue, self-sufficiency, and ascetic living.
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C.
Plato
Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher, a student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle, whose dialogues and ideas laid the foundations of Western philosophy.
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D.
Menoetius
Menoetius is a Titan in Greek mythology, known as a son of Iapetus and Clymene and the father of the hero Patroclus.
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E.
Socrates
Socrates was a classical Athenian philosopher renowned as a founder of Western philosophy, known for his method of questioning and his trial and execution in Athens.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek philosopher
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person ⓘ pre-Socratic philosopher ⓘ |
| activeIn | 5th century BCE ⓘ |
| approximateBirthDate | c. 500 BCE ⓘ |
| approximateDeathDate | c. 428 BCE ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Athens
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Pericles ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Asia Minor
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Clazomenae ⓘ Ionia ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Greek Antiquity
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surface form:
Ancient Greece
Classical Athens ⓘ |
| concept |
Nous as an ordering and moving principle
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cosmic vortex (rotation) as cause of world order ⓘ everything contains a portion of everything ⓘ seeds (spermata) as basic constituents ⓘ |
| cosmology |
denial of generation and destruction in absolute sense
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mixture and separation of ingredients explain change ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Lampsacus ⓘ |
| influenced |
Aristotle
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Euripides ⓘ Plato ⓘ Socrates ⓘ later Greek cosmology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ionian natural philosophers
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Parmenides ⓘ |
| knownFor |
introducing Nous as cosmic ordering principle
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naturalistic explanations of celestial phenomena ⓘ naturalistic explanations of physical phenomena ⓘ pluralistic cosmology ⓘ theory of Nous (Mind) ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| legacy |
bridge between Ionian naturalism and classical philosophy
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early proponent of scientific explanations of nature ⓘ |
| legalIssues | prosecuted for impiety in Athens ⓘ |
| name | Anaxagoras self-link ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | pre-Socratic philosophy ⓘ |
| profession | philosopher ⓘ |
| viewOnEclipses | eclipses are caused by obstruction of light ⓘ |
| viewOnMeteorites | meteorites are stones falling from the heavens ⓘ |
| viewOnMilkyWay |
Milky Way
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surface form:
the Milky Way is the light of distant stars
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| viewOnMind |
Nous initiates motion in the cosmos
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Nous is the finest and purest of all things ⓘ Nous is unmixed with anything ⓘ |
| viewOnMoon | the moon is an earthy body that reflects the sun’s light ⓘ |
| viewOnSun | the sun is a fiery stone larger than the Peloponnese ⓘ |
| work | On Nature ⓘ |
| wroteIn | prose ⓘ |
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Referenced by (22)
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Anaxagoras of Clazomenae
this entity surface form:
Anaxagoras of Clazomenae