Ancient Greek philosopher who posited Nous (Mind) as the principle that initiated the cosmic rotation separating opposites, and who argued that all natural substances contain portions of everything.
Nous (Mind) is the finest and purest of all things, unmixed with any other substance, and it initiated the cosmological rotation by which the world was formed. Everything contains a portion of everything — except Nous, which is pure.
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