Anaxagoras Was Exiled for Claiming the Moon Was a Rock

Re:Anaxagoras Was Exiled for Claiming the Moon Was a Rock by danjc on Monday July 22, 2019 @11:49AM (#20499130)

A little off topic but what great names the Greeks had. If Anaxagoras was running for president I'd be tempted to vote for him just based on his name.

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Re:Anaxagoras Was Exiled for Claiming the Moon Was a Rock by yongjik on Monday July 22, 2019 @05:28PM (#20502489)

I wonder if this is actually the other way, that is, so many words and names of Greek origin are associated with ancient philosophy and classical wonders (Archimedes, Pythagoras, Parthenon, etc.) that these words end up sounding "great".

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Re:Anaxagoras Was Exiled for Claiming the Moon Was a Rock by propertius on Monday July 22, 2019 @05:25PM (#20502467)

And don't forget Anaximenes and Anaximander!

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