Anaxagoras

“ And since the portions of the great and of the small are equal in amount, for this reason, too, all things will be in everything; nor is it possible for them to be apart, but all things have a portion of everything. Since it is impossible for there to be a least thing, they cannot be separated, nor come to be by themselves; but they must be now, just as they were in the beginning, all-together. And in all things many things are contained, and an equal number both in the greater and in the smaller of the things that are separated off. ”

“ The Hellenes follow a wrong usage in speaking of coming into being and passing away; for nothing comes into being or passes away, but there is mingling and separation of things that are. So they would be right to call coming into being mixture, and passing away separation. ”

“ Nor is there a least of what is small, but there is always a smaller; for it cannot be that what is should cease to be by being cut. [2] But there is also always something greater than what is great, and it is equal to the small in amount, and, compared with itself, each thing is both great and small. ”

“ All other things partake in a portion of everything, while Nous is infinite and self-ruled, and is mixed with nothing, but is alone itself by itself. ”

“ For it is the thinnest of all things and the purest, and it has all knowledge about everything and the greatest strength; ”