Democritus
"the Laughing Philosopher", c460–370 b.c., Greek philosopher.
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For me, one of the great insights of Fundamentals was the way you explained that particles are not just smaller versions of the atoms that Democritus imagined floating in space.
Democritus raised us to the noble thought that, small as it is, a single atom may constitute a world.
History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) | John William DraperThis argument is fallacious, no less than the other against Democritus.
Discourse on Floating Bodies | Galileo GalileiThis, then, is the cause which Democritus alleges for this fulness of the Nile.
In the nests of Arabian birds was the aspilates, that, according to Democritus, kept the wearer from any danger by fire.
The Picture of Dorian Gray | Oscar Wilde
What was it—that something more profound than the well of Democritus—which lay far within the pupils of my beloved?
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe | Edgar Allan Poe
British Dictionary definitions for Democritus
/ (dɪˈmɒkrɪtəs) /
?460–?370 bc, Greek philosopher who developed the atomist theory of matter of his teacher, Leucippus: See also atomism
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Scientific definitions for Democritus
[ dĭ-mŏk′rĭ-təs ]
Greek philosopher who developed one of the first atomist theories of the universe. Democritus believed that the world consists of an infinite number of very small particles whose different characteristics and combinations account for the different qualities of all matter.
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