
Democritus
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Born | Abdera |
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Greece | |
Died | Greece |
Nationality | Greek |
Siblings | Herodotus |
Damastes | |
Job | Philosopher |
Mathematician | |
Books | The History of the Old Fring'd Petticoat; a Fragment: Translated from the Original MS. Greek of Democritus. With an Epistle and Dedication to Lord N----. |
Democrito | |
An Appeal for the Constitution: Theory and Practice of the Government | |
Democrito | |
Western philosophy | |
Western philosophy | |
Western philosophy | |
Western philosophy | |
School | Pre-Socratic philosophy; Atomism; Materialism |
Notabl idea | Atomism |
Milky Way | |
Via Lactea | |
Euthymia | |
Interests | Metaphysics; Mathematics; Astronomy |
Regions | Western philosophy |
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ID | 415439 |
Democritus Life story
Democritus was an Ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher primarily remembered today for his formulation of an atomic theory of the universe. Democritus was born in Abdera, Thrace, around 460 BC, although there are disagreements about the exact year.