Only two works are ascribed to Leucippus, On Mind, from which our sole surviving quotation comes, and the Great World-System, which may be attributed to Leucippus on the authority of Theophrastus (Di…
Democritus
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. …
Leucippus
In particular, Aristotle associates Leucippus as well as Democritus with the deliberately paradoxical assertion that ‘being is no more than not-being,’ i.e., that void exists as …
The Atomist Philosophers of Ancient Greece: …
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 …
Democritus
By far of greatest importance for the later development of philosophy and physical science was an attempt by the atomists Leucippus (flourished 5th century bce) and Democritus (c. 460–c. 370 bce) to solve the …
Leucippus and Democritus
The first proponents of an atomic theory were the Greek philosophers Leucippus and Democritus who proposed the following model in the fifth century B.C. 1. Matter is composed of atoms …
Democritus: The Ancient Greek Who Proposed Atomic Theory
Imagine an ancient Greece where the prevailing belief was that the world was composed of indivisible, unchanging elements like fire, water, air, and earth. It was in this …
Democritus
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 …
The Atomists: Leucippus and Democritus: Fragments on JSTOR
A new presentation of the evidence for the thought of Leucippus and Democritus, based on the original sources. Includes the Greek text of the fragments with fac...
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Only two works are ascribed to Leucippus, On Mind, from which our sole surviving quotation comes, and the Great World-System, which may be attributed to Leucippus on the authority of Theophrastus (Di…
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. …
In particular, Aristotle associates Leucippus as well as Democritus with the deliberately paradoxical assertion that ‘being is no more than not-being,’ i.e., that void exists as …
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 …
By far of greatest importance for the later development of philosophy and physical science was an attempt by the atomists Leucippus (flourished 5th century bce) and Democritus (c. 460–c. 370 bce) to solve the …
The first proponents of an atomic theory were the Greek philosophers Leucippus and Democritus who proposed the following model in the fifth century B.C. 1. Matter is composed of atoms …
Imagine an ancient Greece where the prevailing belief was that the world was composed of indivisible, unchanging elements like fire, water, air, and earth. It was in this …
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 …
A new presentation of the evidence for the thought of Leucippus and Democritus, based on the original sources. Includes the Greek text of the fragments with fac...