AN ANALYZED STUDY THE IDEAS OF ANAXAGORAS

Abstract

This article attempts to study the philosophical ideas of Anaxagoras as a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who made important contributions to the fields of metaphysics, cosmology, and biology. His ideas challenged the prevailing views of his time. and laid the foundation for later philosophical developments. Although his ideas were broad, it can be concluded that he proposed that everything in the universe consists of infinitely divisible and indivisible particles called "sense" or "sense seeds". these particles are the basic component of all matter and consists of various aspects of reason or wisdom within This idea laid the foundation for later theories of atomism. He believed that the senses or the mind were the driving force behind order in the universe. It was intelligence (Nous: mind, intellect) that made things happen. Movement and control of natural processes, His emphasis on the role of the mind in the universe was a significant departure from the mythological descriptions of his predecessors. Cosmology is created by the mixing and fission of sense particles. He rejected earlier cosmological ideas that attributed celestial events to gods or mythical forces. Instead, he sought natural explanations for cosmic phenomena. He noted that Sense particles are the only things that have intelligence. while other things In the material world there is no reason. This concept influenced later philosophical studies of the mind-body problem and the nature of consciousness