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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democritus Democritus] states that "magnanimity consists in [[enduring]] tactlessness with mildne

...rns reproduced in all levels of the [[cosmos]]. It may have begun with [[Democritus]] in the 5th century B.C. or with [[Pythagoras]] and is a philosophical co

...y of Progress through their [[materialistic]] acceptance of the atomism of Democritus as the explanation for a world without an intervening [[Deity]]. "For them,

...matter, and they adopted to that end the theory of atoms as enunciated by Democritus. They taught that atoms possess neither quantity nor extension. Originally

...m Natura]]'' by [[Lucretius]] recounts the [[mechanistic]] philosophy of [[Democritus]] and [[Epicurus]]. According to this view, all that exists is [[matter]] [https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/democritus/ Article on traditional Greek atomism]

...ity". To the atomists the world was completely [[deterministic]]. However, Democritus also claimed that chance (automaton) caused the [[original]] [[creation]] o

...such historical figures as [[Alcibiades]], [[Aristippus]], [[Avicenna]], [[Democritus]], and [[Dionysius the Younger]] as speakers), and [[Iris Murdoch]], who in

...Plurality of Worlds: The Origins of the Extraterrestrial Life Debate From Democritus to Kant (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982); William Derham, Astr

...matter, and they adopted to that end the theory of atoms as enunciated by Democritus. They taught that atoms possess neither quantity nor extension. Originally

...''[[Apeiron]]'' (the Boundless) by Anaximander, Fire by [[Heraclitus]]. [[Democritus]], in conjunction with his mentor, Leucippus, conceived of an [[atom|atomic

In the West, the Ancient Greek atomists Leucippus and Democritus were the first to anticipate determinism when they theorized that all [[pro

..., and thought that the function of the brain is merely to cool the blood. Democritus, the inventor of the atomic theory of matter, favored a three-part soul, wi

...www.visionlearning.com/library/module_viewer.php?mid=49 Matter: Atoms from Democritus to Dalton] by Anthony Carpi, Ph.D.</ref> Atoms combine to produce [[ion]]s,

...as confirmed by Guthrie, W.K.C. ''Presocratic Tradition from Parmenides to Democritus'' (volume 2 of his ''History of Greek Philosophy'', Cambridge UP, 1965). Th

...ed the [[universe]] as deterministic,<ref> for example in the thought of [[Democritus]] or the [[Cārvāka]]ns</ref> and some thinkers claimed that the simple pr #for example in the thought of Democritus or the Cārvākans

...ps://search.eb.com/eb/article-38045 religion, study of] Atomists such as [[Democritus]] attempted to explain the world in a purely materialistic way, without ref