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Anaxagorean, a. and n.|ænækˌsægəˈriːən|
[f. Anaxagoras, prop. name + -ean.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to Anaxagoras, a Greek philosopher who taught the eternity of matter, but the agency of a supreme intelligence in combining it into bodies.
B. n. A follower of Anaxagoras.
1586Bright Melanch. ii. 6 After an Anaxagorian manner. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. 35 The Anaxagorean Hypothesis. Ibid. 199 All of them except the Anaxagoreans. 1845Lewes Hist. Philos. I. 137 Anaxagorean system. |