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Leucippus (⫽ l uː ˈ s ɪ p ə s ⫽; 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.
Aug 14, 2004 · The Greek tradition regarded Leucippus as the founder of atomism in ancient Greek philosophy. Little is known about him, and his views are hard to distinguish from those of his associate 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.
Jun 2, 2024 · 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.”
Leucippus and Democritus were the earliest Greek atomists. The originator of the atomic theory, Leucippus (fifth century BCE), must be considered a speculative thinker of the first order, but to Democritus (c. 460 – c. 370 BCE) must go the credit for working out the detailed application of the theory and supporting it with a subtle ...
Jun 11, 2018 · Leucippus (fl. Greece, fifth century B.C.), Philosophy. The first of the Greek atomists, Leucippus was probably the founder of the school of Abdera, whose most famous exponent was Democritus.
Leucippus was a Greek philosopher who originated the atomic theory of indivisibles developed later by Democritus. View one larger picture. Biography. Leucippus of Miletus carried on the scientific philosophy which had begun to become associated with Miletus.
