I really thank you my friend Maximius for your noble works! That is why I am trying to be as much more informed about those matters. And I believe that my posts are truly helpful and interesting for our community. Let us now discuss a brief comparison of the Anaxagoras’ and Parmenides’ philosophy of the elementa, as my friend correct mention, and the cosmic powers, which are the forcible spirit/s of the Universe.

In general Empedocles, Anaxagoras and Parmenides had the same belief about the beginning of the world’s elements, they agreed that exists plurality on the natural world. We can understand the nature, truth, only because we are composed by the same elements that the nature also is composed. Hence, Empedocles introduced the idea that all the elements are mixed. For example we can feel the heat for the reason that our body is composed and has warmth. And at that point we have the dissimilarity.

Anaxagoras stated that the unborn and unnumbered elements the known for his theory as apeiron (infinite) could be understand only by the opposed elements. For example, we can see the dark since we have light in our eyes. So, Perception concerning the “being”, ōn, is possible by the human, but is very limited. The “reason” of the catholic order is the noūs, which is the human perception (noisis). In contrast to that matter, Empedocles introduced the basic element of the Nature are four: water (udōr), earth (gaia), air (æras) and fire (pir), which are unborn and endless but split-able. Although, Anaxagoras’ theory of the elements is not clear (He introduce fire (pir) as ether), because of the lack of his fragments, agreed to the existence of air, which for him is one of the most important elements of our world, fire, which has a multiple role to his doctrine, earth, as a productive matter (As I said previously), and water that have close relationship with the earth and is a mien of earth production.

However Anaxagoras disagreed with Empedocles’ theories concerning the cosmic force that can progress the elements. Empedocles’ cosmic forces are the love (agapy) and the strife (misos). Thus, I believe we have a better agreement with what Heraclitus stated.

Yours,

Nikolaos Cleomenes.