Anaxagoras

Anaxagoras did not believe that the sun and moon were divinities, as the Greeks did, and he was prosecuted for his teachings. The human mind sorts out the confusion, distinguishing one thing from another and putting them all in their proper place. Anaxagoras' mind is characterized primarily by the power to distinguish and separate one thing from another and thereby to create order in the universe.

I would ask Anaxagoras who was he influenced by?