I-Anaxagoras Wayesisithandi sobulumko samaGrike, uIonia, owazalelwa eClazomenae 30 km. Kwintshona yeSmirna, kwiTurkey yanamhlanje, ngo-499 BC, wasweleka kwiTurkey yanamhlanje eLampsakos, eMysia.
Uyabizwa IiAnaxagoras zeClazomenaeNgokwe-Proculus wayengowesithandi sobulumko esikhulu sokugqibela.
Uzalelwe kusapho olutyebileyo, wancama yonke into ukuze azinikele ngokupheleleyo kwisayensi. Malunga ne-480 BC waya kuhlala e-Athene kwaye wayengowokuqala ukufundisa ifilosofi kuma-Athene. Ngeli xesha uPericles wayesemandleni kwaye baba ngabahlobo abakhulu, nto leyo eyamzisela iingxaki nabachasi be IiPericles.
U-Anaxagoras washumayela ithiyori yokuba ilanga ayingothixo kwaye inyanga ibonakalisa ukukhanya kwelanga. Malunga ne-450 BC iAnaxagoras yayivalelwe ngenxa yezimvo zayo ngabachasi be IiPericles. “Abemi baseAthene bapasisa umthetho ovumela ukuba kutshutshiswe abo bangekho kunqulo kwaye bafundise ithiyori ngezinto eziphezulu. Phantsi kwalo mthetho babetshutshisa uAnaxagoras, owayetyholwa ngokufundisa ukuba ilanga lilitye elitshisayo, kwaye inyanga yayingumhlaba ”. Le mfundiso ibaluleke kakhulu kwaye isekwe kwimfundiso ka "nous" eyaguqulelwa njengengqondo okanye ingqiqo. Ukwathe ekuqaleni "zonke izinto zazimanyene", kwaye loo nto yayingumxube ofanayo.
Wayesoloko esebenzisa ijiyometri kwinkonzo yeenkwenkwezi, waba ngowokuqala ukuchaza ngokuchanekileyo ukusithwa kwelanga nenyanga.
Ngelixa wayesentolongweni wazinikezela ekusombululeni isikwere sesangqa, esiya kuthi kamva sibe sisiseko kwimathematics yesiGrike. Kodwa zimbalwa kakhulu izifundo ezirekhodiweyo.