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- 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.
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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.
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Leucippus divided the world into two entities: atoms, indivisible particles that make up all things, and the void, the nothingness that exists between the atoms. He developed his philosophy as a response to the Eleatics, who believed that all things are one and the void does not exist.
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 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.
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 identified the real existence of the cosmos with infinite numbers of permanent, imperishable, immutable, and indivisible elements called “atomon” ( atoms; means “indivisible”), conceived the world as the composite of these material elements, and developed a purely mechanical materialism, devoid of any trace of mythical element, which w...
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 ...
