Editing Idealism (section)

===Pre-Socratic philosophy===
There some precursors of idealism in [[Ancient Greek philosophy|Ancient Greek Philosophy]], though scholars disagree on whether any of these thinkers could be properly labeled "idealist" in the modern sense.<ref name=":4">Dunham et al. 2011, p. 11</ref>
One example is [[Anaxagoras]] (480 BC) who taught that all things in the universe ([[apeiron]]) were set in motion by ''[[nous]]'' ("mind"). In the ''[[Phaedo]]'', Plato quotes him as saying, "it is intelligence [nous] that arranges and causes all things".<ref name=":4" /> Similarly, [[Parmenides]] famously stated that "thinking and being are the same".<ref name=":4" /> This has led some scholars, such as Hegel and E. D. Phillips, to label Parmenides an idealist.<ref>Dunham et al. 2011, p. 14.</ref>