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Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'. What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you. Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams. "Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in..." - Democritus quotes from BrainyQuote.com.
Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down. Ray Bradbury. Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. Dale Carnegie. "Everything existing in the universe is the fruit..." - Democritus quotes from BrainyQuote.com.
Democritus Wise , Men , Land "Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers: A Complete Translation of the Fragments in Diels Fragmente Der Vorsokratiker", translated by Kathleen Freeman, Harvard University Press, (p. 166), 1948.
May 26, 2021 · Democritus (l. c. 460 - c. 370 BCE) was a Greek philosopher and younger contemporary of Socrates, born in Abdera (though other sources cite Miletus) who, with his teacher Leucippus (l. 5th century BCE), was the first to propose an atomic universe. Democritus claimed that everything is made of tiny uncuttable building blocks known as atoms.
Quotes by others about Democritus of Abdera (9) Anaximenes and Anaxagoras and Democritus say that its [the earth’s] flatness is responsible for it staying still: for it does not cut the air beneath but covers it like a lid, which flat bodies evidently do: for they are hard to move even for the winds, on account of their resistance.
Jan 4, 2023 · Democritus Quotes on Universe shows that the first principles of the universe are atoms and empty space; everything else is merely thought to exist. Many people consider that he is the “father of modern science”.
Table of ContentsNothing but atoms and spaceKnowledge and wisdomHappiness, contentment and desireMore principles that Democritus believed inThoughts on human shortcomingsMore thoughts Nothing but atoms and space . In reality, there is nothing but atoms and space Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion. By convention sweet is sweet, by convention bitter […]
