Apparently an adherent of Anaximines' thought, he postulated a plurality of "seeds," which were the smallest independent elements out of which everything was made, proceeding from the nous.
Aristotle describes this thinker as older than Empedocles, but "after him in works." He thought that heavenly bodies were pieces of Earth that had broken off and were ignited from rotation, which got him exiled from Athens. Apparently an adherent of Anaximines' thought, he postulated a plurality of "seeds," which were the smallest independent elements out of which everything was made, proceeding from the nous. For ten points, identify this pre-Socratic philosopher from Clazomenae, author of "On Nature."
Aristotle describes this thinker as older than Empedocles, but "after him in works."
{Anaxagoras} of Clazomenae