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Learn about the earliest Greek atomists, who developed the atomic theory and applied it to cosmology, physics, ethics, and more. Find out their biographies, writings, and main doctrines.
Aug 14, 2004 · Most reports on early Greek atomism refer to the views of Democritus alone, or to both atomists together; Epicurus seems even to have denied that there was a philosopher Leucippus (DK 67A2). Aristotle certainly ascribes the foundation of the atomist system to Leucippus.
Aug 23, 2005 · 2.1 Leucippus and Democritus. 2.2 Plato, Platonists and Pythagoreans. 2.3 Minima Naturalia in Aristotelian Thought. 2.4 Diodorus Cronus. 2.5 Epicurean Atomism. 2.6 Atomism and Particle Theories in Ancient Greek Sciences. 3. The Legacy of Ancient Atomism.
Aug 15, 2004 · Democritus, known in antiquity as the ‘laughing philosopher’ because of his emphasis on the value of ‘cheerfulness,’ was one of the two founders of ancient atomist theory. He elaborated a system originated by his teacher Leucippus into a materialist account of the natural world.
Main interests. Metaphysics, cosmology. Leucippus ( / luːˈsɪpəs /; Λεύκιππος, Leúkippos; fl. 5th century BCE) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher. He is traditionally credited as the founder of atomism, which he developed with his student Democritus.
Leucippus (flourished 5th century bc, probably at Miletus, on the west coast of Asia Minor) was a Greek philosopher credited by Aristotle and by Theophrastus with having originated the theory of atomism. It has been difficult to distinguish his contribution from that of his most famous pupil, Democritus.
Leucippus of Miletus (5th century bce) is thought to have originated the atomic philosophy. His famous disciple, Democritus of Abdera, named the building blocks of matter atomos, meaning literally “indivisible,” about 430 bce.
