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Why was Anaxagoras exiled from Athens?

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Why was Anaxagoras exiled from Athens?

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In 435 B.C., the Greek philosopher Anaxagoras suggested that the sun was not just a small glowing circle of light. He maintained that it was a glowing rock a hundred miles across. For that outrageous statement, he was exiled from Athens.

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