Homoomeries
Homoiomeries even homoeomeries , (from ancient Greek ὀμοιομερής homoiomerés "resembles a hurry") are a concept of pre-Socratic philosophers , that of Anaxagoras was propagated. The term homoiomeries ( ὀμοιομέρειαι homoioméreiai [plural]) is used for the first time by Aristotle in his physics to denote Anaxagoras' main philosophical ideas.
For Anaxagoras the homogeneous particles later called homoiomeries were "seeds" and the last (smallest) particles of the substance, which are present in everything from the beginning in infinitely small components. They differ in shape, color and taste. In addition to the main seed, each substance can contain the seeds of different substances. In this way one substance can be transformed into another.
Anaxagoras contrasts these seeds with the doctrine of the four elements . Homoomers are eternal, indestructible, immutable and, in contrast to the poor quality Democritus atoms, are infinitely diverse.
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- ↑ Arnim Regenbogen, Uwe Meyer: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms , Meiner, 2013, ISBN 978-3787325009 , page 298, limited preview in the Google book search
- ↑ a b c Anaxagoras and the offshoots of natural philosophy
- ^ Burkhard Hafemann: Aristoteles' Transzendentaler Realismus . Walter de Gruyter, 2013, p. 293 ( google.es ).
- ↑ a b Jost Weyer, History of Chemistry . Volume 1 - Antiquity, Middle Ages, 16th to 18th centuries, limited preview in Google Book Search
- ↑ Ontology
- ↑ Matter theory among the pre-Socratics
- ↑ Hans-Joachim Newiger: GORGIAS VON LEONTINOI AND THE PHILOSOPHERS BEFORE SOCRATES
- ↑ Johannes Hirschberger: History of Philosophy, Volume 1 limited preview in the Google book search
- ↑ Joachim Pelz: And there is nothing left . Ergon-Verlag, 1996, p. 83 ( google.de ).