The Homoiomeries of Anaxagoras, 1927
By: Leon, Philip
Title The Homoiomeries of Anaxagoras
Type Article
Language English
Date 1927
Journal The Classical Quarterly
Volume 21
Issue 3/4
Pages 133-141
Categories no categories
Author(s) Leon, Philip
Editor(s)
Translator(s)
[Conclusion, p. 141]: Anaxagoras does indeed, as he has been said to do, represent the culminating point of the enquiry into the one bto-tv. That simple enquiry for a simple unity becomes curiously complex, just because of the very simplicity and the thorough-going and uncompromising nature of Anaxagoras' logical mind. It has with him reached a stage where it must become transformed and pass on the one hand into logic in Plato, into the enquiry about the nature of predication through Gorgias and Antisthenes, and on the other hand into metaphysics, the theory of ideas, also in Plato. This central position of Anaxagoras is made clear by the passage discussed, according to which, I think, in considering the 'homoiomeries,' we should look upon parts as 'homoiomerous' primarily to the whole i~c6otov, and only secondarily to subordinate wholes. Indeed, it is implied in Anaxagoras' principle that there are only two entities which are properly wholes, the 0c0/cpo and voDv^. To call anything else a whole is more or less arbitrary, a principle not unworthy of the most thorough-going of modern absolutists.

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The Homoiomeries of Anaxagoras, 1927
By: Leon, Philip
Title The Homoiomeries of Anaxagoras
Type Article
Language English
Date 1927
Journal The Classical Quarterly
Volume 21
Issue 3/4
Pages 133-141
Categories no categories
Author(s) Leon, Philip
Editor(s)
Translator(s)
[Conclusion, p. 141]: Anaxagoras does indeed, as he has been said to do, represent the 
culminating point of the enquiry into the one bto-tv. That simple enquiry 
for a simple unity becomes curiously complex, just because of the very 
simplicity and  the  thorough-going and  uncompromising nature  of  Anaxagoras' 
logical mind. It has with him reached a stage where it must become 
transformed and pass on the one hand into logic in  Plato,  into the  enquiry 
about  the  nature  of predication  through  Gorgias and  Antisthenes, and  on the 
other  hand  into  metaphysics, the  theory  of  ideas,  also  in  Plato. This central 
position of  Anaxagoras is made clear by the passage discussed, according 
to which, I  think, in  considering the 'homoiomeries,' we should look upon 
parts  as  'homoiomerous' primarily  to  the  whole i~c6otov, and  only secondarily 
to subordinate wholes. Indeed, it is  implied in  Anaxagoras' principle that 
there are  only two entities which are  properly  wholes, the 0c0/cpo  and  voDv^. To call anything else a whole is more or less arbitrary, a principle not 
unworthy  of  the  most  thorough-going of  modern  absolutists. 

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