PHI 2380 : 28Sept_Anaxagoras.docx
Document Summary
How does anaxagoras attempt to reconcile change in the world with the parmenidean view that. He attempts to reconcile this by claiming that the criticisms of coming to be (birth) and perishing (death) are not the removal of what-is and what-is-not, but rather that it is a mixture and separation of already existing things. Everything still exists, it is just a matter of whether or not they exist in a current mixture or current separation. Anaxagoras specifies five entities in the nature of the cosmos: objects and their parts, basic ingredients, portions, seeds, and mind. With these he sets out six basic principles that apply to all things and distinctions of each entity. Anaxagoras does not specify the origin of the cosmos past these entities and their principles.
