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> [The descent into Hades is much the same from whatever place we start.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anaxagoras/the-descent-into-hades-is-much-the-same-from-whatever-place-we-start/)

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## More by Anaxagoras

> [“And since the portions of both the large and the small are equal in amount, in this way too all things would be in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anaxagoras/and-since-the-portions-of-both-the-large-and-the-small-are-equal-in/)

[Anaxagoras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anaxagoras/)

> [The seed of everything is in everything else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anaxagoras/the-seed-of-everything-is-in-everything-else/)

[Anaxagoras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anaxagoras/)

> [Men would live exceedingly quiet if these two words, mine and thine, were taken away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anaxagoras/men-would-live-exceedingly-quiet-if-these-two-words-mine-and-thine/)

[Anaxagoras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anaxagoras/)

> [The Sun is a mass of fiery stone, a little larger than Greece.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anaxagoras/the-sun-is-a-mass-of-fiery-stone-a-little-larger-than-greece/)

[Anaxagoras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anaxagoras/)

> [In everything, there is a share of everything](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anaxagoras/in-everything-there-is-a-share-of-everything/)

[Anaxagoras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anaxagoras/)

> [The descent to Hades is the same from every place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anaxagoras/the-descent-to-hades-is-the-same-from-every-place/)

[Anaxagoras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anaxagoras/)

> [The sun provides the moon with its brightness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anaxagoras/the-sun-provides-the-moon-with-its-brightness/)

[Anaxagoras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anaxagoras/)

> [Appearances are but a glimpse of what is hidden.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anaxagoras/appearances-are-but-a-glimpse-of-what-is-hidden/)

[Anaxagoras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anaxagoras/)

> [Conclusions from observations are unreliable, only the mind can come nearer to to the truth. Thus, in some ways, philosophy is more important than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anaxagoras/conclusions-from-observations-are-unreliable-only-the-mind-can-come/)

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> [There is no smallest among the small and no largest among the large, but always something still smaller and something still larger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anaxagoras/there-is-no-smallest-among-the-small-and-no-largest-among-the-large/)

[Anaxagoras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anaxagoras/)

> [Wrongly do the Greeks suppose that aught begins or ceases to be; for nothing comes into being or is destroyed; but all is an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anaxagoras/wrongly-do-the-greeks-suppose-that-aught-begins-or-ceases-to-be-for/)

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> [The forces of rotation caused red hot masses of stones to be torn away from the Earth and to be thrown into the ether,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anaxagoras/the-forces-of-rotation-caused-red-hot-masses-of-stones-to-be-torn/)

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> [It is not I who have lost the Athenians, but the Athenians who have lost me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anaxagoras/it-is-not-i-who-have-lost-the-athenians-but-the-athenians-who-have/)

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> [The Greeks are wrong to recognize coming into being and perishing; for nothing comes into being nor perishes, but is rather compounded or dissolved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anaxagoras/the-greeks-are-wrong-to-recognize-coming-into-being-and-perishing-for/)

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> [The purpose of life is the investigation of the Sun, the Moon, and the heavens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anaxagoras/the-purpose-of-life-is-the-investigation-of-the-sun-the-moon-and-the/)

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