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Democritus

Born

Abdera, Greece

Website

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/democritus/

Genre

Philosophy, Science, Physics

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Democritus (greek: Δημόκριτος)(ca. 460 - ca. 370 BCE) was an ancient Greek philosopher, the most prolific and influential of the pre-Socratics and whose atomic theory is regarded as the intellectual culmination of early Greek thought. For this atomic theory, which echoes eerily the theoretical formulations of modern physicists, he is sometimes called the "father of modern science." He was well known to Aristotle, and a thorn in the side to Plato - who advised that all of Democritus' works be burned.

A cheerful and popular man with the citizenry for his uncanny ability to predict events, his was known among his fans as the "Laughing Philosopher," a title that may well have referred more to his scoffing rejection of assigning to gods the mecha ...more

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Average rating: 3.83 · 226 ratings · 17 reviews · 34 distinct works • Similar authors

	Fragments of Democritus 3.95 avg rating — 44 ratings — published -370 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Riippumaton nautinto by Democritus, Epicurus, Arto Kivimäki (Translator) 3.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Massime. Testo greco a fronte 3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aphorisms Democritus: by Democritus, Iqroriddin Sayfutdinov (Translator) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Δημόκριτος 1 by Democritus, Δημόκριτος, Φιλολογική Ομάδα Κάκτου 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Δημόκριτος 2 (Προσωκρατικοί, #18) by Democritus, Δημόκριτος, Φιλολογική Ομάδα Κάκτου (Translator) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1995	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Μαθηματικα / Φυσικες Επιστημες / Αστρονομια / Κοσμολογια της ατομικης Θεωριας by Democritus, Δημόκριτος, Γκιργκενης Σταυρος (Translator) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Democrito. Raccolta dei frammenti, interpretazione e commentario. Testi greci e latini a fronte. Versione russa in appendice really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Collection of Oddities: A Selection of Jests, Bon Mots, Witticisms, and Epitaphs (1810) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Structure of Medium-Heavy Nuclei 1979, really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1979	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.”
― Democritus

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“Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.”
― Democritus

tags: mystery, religion, science

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“Many much-learned men have no intelligence.”
― Democritus

tags: intelligence, knowledge

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