The Philosophy of Anaxagoras : Mind, Matter, and the Cosmos

Picture this: Athens, 450 BCE. The most powerful democracy in the ancient world. The cultural and intellectual center of civilization. Philosophy, drama, art—everything that will define Western culture for the next two thousand years is happening right here, right now.
And in the middle of all this brilliance, there's a man standing in the agora—the marketplace—looking up at the sun. Not praying to it. Not worshiping it. Just... looking. Thinking. Asking questions.
And then he says something that will change everything: "The sun is not a god. It's a rock. A massive, burning rock hurtling through space."
His name is Anaxagoras. And that statement? That simple, observational claim? It's going to get him exiled from the city he helped transform into an intellectual powerhouse.