Democritus

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Democritus was an ancient Greek philosopher best known for developing an early atomic theory of the universe, proposing that all matter is composed of indivisible atoms moving in the void.

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Generate an image of Democritus (Democritus was an ancient Greek philosopher best known for developing an early atomic theory of the universe, proposing that all matter is composed of indivisible atoms moving in the void.)

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Democritus canonical 31
Democritus Jr. (misattributed in tradition) 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek philosopher ⓘ
atomist philosopher ⓘ
pre-Socratic philosopher ⓘ
approximateBirthDate c. 460 BCE ⓘ
approximateDeathDate c. 370 BCE ⓘ
birthPlace Abdera ⓘ
Thrace ⓘ
ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
citizenship Ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
contemporaryOf Socrates ⓘ
era 5th century BCE philosophy ⓘ
Classical Greek philosophy ⓘ
ethicalView highest good is cheerfulness (euthymia) ⓘ
virtue and moderation lead to a tranquil life ⓘ
influenced Epicurus ⓘ
Galen ⓘ
Lucretius ⓘ
modern atomic theory ⓘ
influencedBy Heraclitus ⓘ
Leucippus ⓘ
Parmenides ⓘ
Pythagoreans ⓘ
linked to: Pythagoreanism
knownFor atomic theory of the universe ⓘ
doctrine that all matter consists of atoms and void ⓘ
ethical teachings on cheerfulness ⓘ
materialist philosophy ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
mainInterest cosmology ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
natural philosophy ⓘ
name Democritus ⓘ
notableConcept atoms and void as fundamental reality ⓘ
determinism based on atomic motion ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Atomism ⓘ
Pre-Socratic philosophy ⓘ
region Abdera in Thrace ⓘ
theory all things are composed of indivisible atoms moving in the void ⓘ
perception is caused by effluences of atoms from objects ⓘ
qualitative differences in objects arise from quantitative differences in atoms ⓘ
the soul is composed of fine, spherical atoms ⓘ
viewOnGods gods, if they exist, are material and not creators of the world ⓘ
worksStatus survive only in fragments and testimonia ⓘ
wroteAbout anthropology ⓘ
cosmology ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
music ⓘ
physics ⓘ

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Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Backbone of Night → subject → Democritus ⓘ
Lucretius → influencedBy → Democritus ⓘ
Academy of Athens (ancient) → notableStudent → Democritus Jr. (misattributed in tradition) ⓘ
subject linked to: Academy of Athens
linked to: Democritus
Epicurus → influencedBy → Democritus ⓘ
Epicureanism → influencedBy → Democritus ⓘ
Pyrrho → influencedBy → Democritus ⓘ
Democritus → name → Democritus ⓘ
Antoine Coypel → notable work → Democritus ⓘ
Leucippus → influenced → Democritus ⓘ
Leucippus → associatedWith → Democritus ⓘ
Prodicus → associatedWith → Democritus ⓘ
Anaxarchus → influencedBy → Democritus ⓘ
Abdera → citizenOf → Democritus ⓘ
Abdera → associatedWithPhilosopher → Democritus ⓘ
Atomism → associatedWith → Democritus ⓘ
Atomism → majorProponent → Democritus ⓘ
Avdira → nearBirthplaceOf → Democritus ⓘ
Deipnosophistae → character → Democritus ⓘ
History of Materialism → discusses → Democritus ⓘ