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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.
- Zeno's Paradoxes
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- Atomism: Ancient
2.1 Leucippus and Democritus Leucippus (5th c. BCE) is...
- Leucippus
Most reports on early Greek atomism refer to the views of...
- Zeno's Paradoxes
Dec 5, 2023 · A group of three ancient Greek philosophers, Leucippus, Democritus, and Epicurus, formed the core of the school of thought known as the Atomists. They believed that the substances making up the physical world were small, indivisible units they called “atoms.”
May 16, 2024 · Democritus was an ancient Greek philosopher. He and his mentor, Leucippus, are widely regarded as the first atomists in the Grecian tradition. Although Democritus reportedly wrote over 70 treatises, only a few hundred fragments have survived. Most of what we know about Democritus comes from the works of Aristotle, his rival in philosophy.
- Democritus was a central figure in the development of the atomic theory of the universe. He theorized that all material bodies are made up of indiv...
- Relatively little is known about the life and death of Democritus. According to most reports, Democritus was born circa 460 BCE and died some 90 ye...
- No. Despite its phonetic similarity to Democritus, democracy is not named for Democritus. The word democracy is actually derived from the Greek dēm...
Christopher Charles Whiston Taylor states that the relation between Democritus and his predecessor Leucippus is not clear; while earlier ancient sources such as Aristotle and Theophrastus credit Leucippus with the invention of atomism and credit its doctrines to both philosophers, later sources credit only Democritus, making definitive ...
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.
