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Gábor Betegh argued that the author of the Derveni Papyrus employed a simplification of this philosopher’s views. This philosopher posited “seeds” around which matter coalesces to avoid the regress created by his belief that parts of a substance must have the same properties as the substance, called the doctrine of homoeomeries (15[1])("ho-mo-ee-AW-mehr-eez"). This philosopher thought the Sun was a mass of hot metal whose light was reflected by the (*) moon, which was made of stone, a view that Meletus charges Socrates with holding in the Apology. Before the Neoplatonists, this philosopher stated that “everything is in everything.”This philosopher thought that the entire cosmos was mixed before rotary motion and a mind separated out its different components. For 10 points, name this presocratic philosopher who believed the world was ordered by an intellect called nous. ■END■

ANSWER: Anaxagoras
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