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Democritus (/ d ɪ ˈ m ɒ k r ɪ t ə s /, dim-OCK-rit-əs; Greek: Δημόκριτος, Dēmókritos, meaning "chosen of the people"; c. 460 – c. 370 BC) was an Ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher from Abdera, primarily remembered today for his formulation of an atomic theory of the universe. Democritus wrote extensively on a wide variety of topics. None of Democritus' original work has survived, except through second-hand references.
Jul 12, 2024 · Democritus, ancient Greek philosopher, a central figure in the development of philosophical atomism and of the atomic theory of the universe. His works reportedly numbered 73, though only a few hundred fragments have survived, mostly from his treatises on ethics. Learn more about Democritus’s life and theories.
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. The atomists held that there are smallest indivisible bodies from which everything else is composed, and that these move about in an infinite void. ...
May 26, 2021 · 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 propose an atomic universe.Democritus claimed that everything is made of tiny uncuttable building blocks known as atoms. Very little is known of Leucippus, and almost none of his work has survived, but he is known by ancient writers as Democritus' teacher and apparently wrote ...
Democritus , (born c. 460—died c. 370 bc), Greek philosopher. Though only a few fragments of his work survive, he was apparently the first to describe invisible “atoms” as the basis of all matter. His atoms—indestructible, indivisible, incompressible, uniform, and differing only in size, shape, and motion—anticipated with surprising accuracy those discovered by 20th-century scientists. For his amusement at human foibles, he has been called “the Laughing Philosopher.”
May 29, 2018 · Democritus (b.Abdera, Thrace, fl. late fifth century b.c.) physics, mathematics.. There were two main chronologies current in antiquity for Democritus. According to the first, which was followed by Epicurus among others, Democritus was the teacher of the Sophist Protagoras of Abdera and was born soon after 500 b.c. and died about 404 b.c.
Democritus was an ancient Greek Pre-Socratic philosopher most famous today for the development of philosophical atomism and the formulation of the atomic theory of the universe. He was known as the "laughing philosopher" because of his emphasis on the value of "cheerfulness". Many consider Democritus to be the "father of modern science".
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" published on by null. "Democritus" published on by null. (b. c.460 bc),a celebrated Greek philosopher, born at Abdera. He advanced (with Leucippus) the theory that the world was formed by the concourse of atoms, the theory subsequently expounded by Lucretius and confirmed and developed by recent scientific discovery. Juvenal speaks of him as ever laughing at the follies of mankind, and he is sometimes known as the ‘laughing philosopher’.
Jun 25, 2013 · Democritus of Abdera (c. 460–c. 360 BC) developed the atomist physical theory of Leucippus into a comprehensive philosophical system by pursuing its implications into such areas as epistemology and philosophy of mind. He also pursued topics in areas that had little to do with physics, including ethics, political philosophy, language and poetics, and cultural history, making him not only the last great Presocratic natural philosopher but also a thinker with interests paralleling those of ...
