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Greek philosopher (c. 460–c. 370 BC)
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
Democritus
Topics referred to by the same term
Democritus (c. 460–370 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher notable for his atomic theory of the universe. Democritus may also refer to: Democritus (Agostino
Democritus_(disambiguation)
Anonymous author(s) of works falsely attributed to Democritus
Books to pseudo-Democritus' legendary Persian master Ostanes, it is supposed to summarize the entire teaching of Ostanes to pseudo-Democritus, encapsulating
Pseudo-Democritus
University in Greece
Greece. The emblem of the Democritus University of Thrace represents the influential Ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher Democritus. He was born in Abdera
Democritus University of Thrace
Democritus_University_of_Thrace
Painting by Agostino Carracci
Democritus is an oil on canvas painting by the Italian painter Agostino Carracci, from c. 1596. It depicts the ancient Greek philosopher Democritus. It
Democritus (Agostino Carracci)
Democritus_(Agostino_Carracci)
Natural philosophy holding that the world comprises fundamental indivisible components
whatsoever is known about Leucippus except that he was the teacher of Democritus. Democritus, by contrast, wrote prolifically, producing over eighty known treatises
Atomism
Species of butterfly
noticeable. Arhopala democritus democritus (Burma, Thailand, Mergui, Indo China, Langkawi, northern Peninsular Malaysia) Arhopala democritus lycaenaria (C.
Arhopala_democritus
1630 painting by Jusepe de Ribera
proposed in 1962 to identify him as Democritus, because of the frank smile he shows since, precisely, Democritus he is known as "the philosopher who laughs"
Democritus_(Ribera)
Species of moth
Caffrocrambus democritus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Graziano Bassi in 1994. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Caffrocrambus_democritus
Book by Scott Aaronson
indicates, with Democritus. The front cover image is an oil canvas painting of Democritus by Hendrik ter Brugghen dated 1628. It depicts Democritus as a young
Quantum Computing Since Democritus
Quantum_Computing_Since_Democritus
Crater on the Moon
is closest to Democritus. The satellite features B includes a permanently shadowed region where the sunlight never reaches. "Democritus". Gazetteer of
Democritus_(crater)
5th-century BCE Greek philosopher
developed atomism along with his student, Democritus; while Leucippus is credited with the philosophy's creation, Democritus is understood to have elaborated upon
Leucippus
Ancient Greek philosopher (fl. c. 500 BC)
Ficino's Platonic Academy, depicted Heraclitus and Democritus. Donato Bramante painted Heraclitus and Democritus (1486) as the weeping and laughing philosopher
Heraclitus
Ancient Greek concept of spiritedness
delight is in battle, without me. So you will diminish my honour (thumos)." Democritus used "euthymia" (i.e. "good thumos") to refer to a condition in which
Thumos
Painting by François-André Vincent
Greek history in which the philosopher Democritus is shown in his native Abdera in the 5th Century BC. Democritus was known as the "laughing philosopher"
Democritus Among the Abderites
Democritus_Among_the_Abderites
Greek philosophers active before and during the time of Socrates
and Democritus was a response to the Eleatic school, who held that motion is not possible because everything is occupied with What-is. Democritus and
Pre-Socratic_philosophy
Pythagorean philosopher
Democritus and brand Democrates a misnomer, though others believe that there was a little-known Democrates whose name became confused with Democritus
Democrates
Statue by Léon-Alexandre Delhomme
Democritus Meditating on the Seat of the Soul (Démocrite méditant sur le siège de l'âme) is a statue by Léon-Alexandre Delhomme (1841–1895), exhibited
Democritus Meditating on the Seat of the Soul
Democritus_Meditating_on_the_Seat_of_the_Soul
Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher (c.490–c.420 BC)
was seen by the philosopher Democritus carrying a load of small pieces of wood he had tied with a short cord. Democritus realized that Protagoras had
Protagoras
English scholar and author (1577–1640)
February 1577 – 25 January 1640; sometimes writing under the pen name Democritus Junior) was an English author and fellow of Oxford University, known for
Robert_Burton
German theologian and alchemist (1673–1734)
1693. He published many theological works under the name Christianus Demócritus, and most of them are still preserved. Around 1700, he turned to Hermetic
Johann_Konrad_Dippel
Ancient Greek philosopher (341–270 BC)
the teachings of Democritus. Epicurus's teachings were heavily influenced by those of earlier philosophers, particularly Democritus. Nonetheless, Epicurus
Epicurus
1621 book by Robert Burton
Burton wrote it under the pseudonym Democritus Junior as a reference to the Ancient Greek "laughing philosopher" Democritus. The Anatomy of Melancholy inspired
The_Anatomy_of_Melancholy
Airport in Apalos, Greece
Alexandroupoli Airport "Dimokritos" or "Democritus" (Greek: Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Αλεξανδρούπολης "Δημόκριτος", Kratikós Aeroliménas Alexandrúpolis "Dimókritos")
Alexandroupoli_Airport
Painting by Peter Paul Rubens
Heraclitus and Democritus is a painting by the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens in 1603 in Valladolid during Rubens' stay in Spain for the Duke of Lerma
Heraclitus and Democritus (Rubens)
Heraclitus_and_Democritus_(Rubens)
Galaxy containing the Solar System
his Meteorologica that his predecessors Anaxagoras (c. 500–428 BC) and Democritus (460–370 BC) had held the Milky Way to be the glow of stars not directly
Milky_Way
French philosopher
work Democritus reviviscens sive de atomis in 1646. He cited Daniel Sennert, but his ideas were distinct from Sennert's and those of Democritus. He considered
Johann_Chrysostom_Magnenus
City in Western Thrace, Greece
Xanthi – 3D Reconstruction Democritus University of Thrace Municipality of Xanthi Thrace the land of Orpheus – Democritus University of Thrace Cultural
Xanthi
Ancient Greek philosophical concept
serenity"—literally "good thumos") is a central concept in the moral thoughts of Democritus, who presents it as an ideal disposition of mind corresponding to a form
Euthymia_(philosophy)
American computer scientist (born 1981)
"PHYS771 Quantum Computing Since Democritus". scottaaronson.com. Retrieved January 23, 2014. "Quantum Computing Democritus :: Quantum physics, quantum information
Scott_Aaronson
Philosophical theory
has guided many modern-day philosophers in developing their theories. Democritus (c. 460 – c. 370 BC) is known as the 'laughing philosopher' because of
Philosophy_of_happiness
Philosophical view that matter is the fundamental substance of nature
continued the atomic tradition. Ancient Greek atomists like Leucippus, Democritus and Epicurus prefigure later materialists. The Latin poem De Rerum Natura
Materialism
Early concept on the origin of language
theory is a theory of language formulated by the pre-Socratic philosopher Democritus, ca. 460 BC to ca. 370 BC, who argued that human speech derives from a
Interjectional_theory
Geographical and historical region of Greece
prosperous cities such as Sale, Maroneia and Abdera, which was home of Democritus, the 5th-century BC philosopher who developed an atomic particle theory
Western_Thrace
Thales Aglaonice Anaxagoras Archytas Aristaeus Callippus Cleostratus Democritus Euctemon Eudoxus Heraclides Hicetas Hippocrates of Chios Meton Oenopides
List of ancient Greek astronomers
List_of_ancient_Greek_astronomers
Alchemical procedure for creating the philosopher's stone
yellow, and red can also be found in the Physika kai Mystika of Pseudo-Democritus, which is often considered to be one of the oldest books on alchemy. After
Magnum_opus_(alchemy)
Development of the table of chemical elements
Leucippus and his pupil Democritus proposed that all matter was composed of small indivisible particles which they called "atoms". Democritus believed that atoms:
History_of_the_periodic_table
Ancient Greek philosopher (c. 470–399 BC)
reformation of the Greeks: but not of Socrates"; "with Empedocles and Democritus the Greeks were well on their way towards taking the correct measure of
Socrates
Book by George Santayana
Santayana's philosophy is strongly influenced by the materialism of Democritus and the refined ethics of Aristotle, with a special emphasis on the natural
The_Life_of_Reason
Vascular layer of the eye
described by Democritus (c. 460 – c. 370 BCE) around 400 BCE, calling it the "chitoon malista somphos" (more spongy tunic [than the sclera]). Democritus likely
Choroid
First Western alchemist (1st century)
Byzantine chronicler of the 8th century, presented Mary as a teacher of Democritus, whom she had met in Memphis, Egypt, during the time of Pericles. The
Mary_the_Jewess
19th century philosophical work by Friedrich Albert Lange
to be snuffed out: such a view made Democritus quite unattractive to virtually all world religions so Democritus was ignored and marginalised by the history
History of Materialism and Critique of Its Present Importance
History_of_Materialism_and_Critique_of_Its_Present_Importance
City in Thrace, Greece
its abolition in 2010, by the Kallikratis Plan. The city is home to the Democritus University of Thrace, founded in 1973. Komotini is home to a sizeable
Komotini
5th-century BC Greek philosopher
Classical Library. A3. "Heraclitus". Suda. A5. Laërtius, Diogenes. "Others: Democritus" . Lives of the Eminent Philosophers. Vol. 2:9. Translated by Hicks, Robert
Anaxagoras
Alchemist of the 4th century CE
on "the Book of the 10 Keys", a work ascribed to Democritus (Democritus of Abdera or Pseudo-Democritus). As at the beginning of the book (fol. 41a.3-4)
Zosimos_of_Panopolis
4th-century BC Greek philosopher
Ἀνάξαρχος; c. 380 – c. 320 BC) was a Greek philosopher of the school of Democritus. Together with Pyrrho, he accompanied Alexander the Great into Asia. The
Anaxarchus
4th-century BC Greek philosopher
school of Democritus, and an important forerunner of Epicurus. Metrodorus was a pupil of Nessos of Chios, or, as some accounts prefer, of Democritus himself
Metrodorus_of_Chios
Form of art using sound
Vitus's Bedlam dance. Project Gutenberg's The Anatomy of Melancholy, by Democritus Junior Archived 13 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine "Humanities are the
Music
Smallest unit of a chemical element
("uncuttable") used by the Greek philosophers Leucippus and his pupil Democritus, who developed this idea in the 5th century BC. In the early 1800s, John
Atom
Everything in space and time
number, with Empedocles' elements taking the form of the Platonic solids. Democritus, and later philosophers—most notably Leucippus—proposed that the universe
Universe
Ancient Greek philosopher (c. 428-347 BC)
Metrodorus of Lampsacus Italian Empedocles Acron Pausanias Atomist Leucippus Democritus Sophist Ionian Protagoras Prodicus Hippias Thrasymachus Damon more...
Plato
5th century BC Greek philosopher
Greek Philosophy: Volume 2, The Presocratic Tradition from Parmenides to Democritus. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-29421-8. {{cite book}}: ISBN
Empedocles
Ancient catalogue of the Library of Alexandria
Didaskaloi from the Beginning and Pinax of the Vocabulary and Treatises of Democritus. The term pinax was used for bibliographic catalogs beyond Callimachus
Pinakes
Philosophical system
philosopher. Epicurus was an atomist and materialist, following in the steps of Democritus. His materialism led him to religious skepticism and a general attack
Epicureanism
Doctoral thesis of Karl Marx
the University of Jena. The thesis is a comparative study on atomism of Democritus and Epicurus on contingency and dedicated to Marx's friend, mentor, and
The Difference Between the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature
The_Difference_Between_the_Democritean_and_Epicurean_Philosophy_of_Nature
Alchemical still
Greco-Egyptian Agathodaemon (legendary) Chymes pseudo-Cleopatra pseudo-Democritus Hermes Trismegistus (legendary) Mary the Jewess pseudo-Moses Ostanes (legendary)
Alembic
Topics referred to by the same term
Democrates, a first-century Greek physician at Rome. Damocrates Democritus Democritus (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles associated
Democrates_(disambiguation)
5th-century BC Greek philosopher
seems to him pre-Parmenidean, while those of Empedocles, Anaxagoras and Democritus are post-Parmenidean. The evidence also suggests that Parmenides could
Parmenides
Painting by Jusepe de Ribera
Judgement (1626) Drunken Silenus (1626) The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew (1628) Democritus (1630) The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew (1630–1640) Magdalena Ventura
Apollo and Marsyas (Ribera, Naples)
Apollo_and_Marsyas_(Ribera,_Naples)
Greek Stoic philosopher (c. 50 – c. 135)
Metrodorus of Lampsacus Italian Empedocles Acron Pausanias Atomist Leucippus Democritus Sophist Ionian Protagoras Prodicus Hippias Thrasymachus Damon more...
Epictetus
Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath (384–322 BC)
trying to escape, following other Greek authors Anaxagoras, Empedocles and Democritus. Aristotle also made many observations about the hydrologic cycle. For
Aristotle
Concept in ethics, religion, and philosophy
emerges only around 400 BC, with Pre-Socratic philosophy, in particular Democritus. Morality in this absolute sense solidifies in the dialogues of Plato
Good
Sociological theory
scientific notion atomic theory, coined by the ancient Greek philosopher Democritus and the Roman philosopher Lucretius. In the scientific rendering of the
Atomism_(social)
Crater on the Moon
Delambre Delaunay Delia Delisle Dellinger Delmotte Delporte Deluc Dembowski Democritus Demonax Denning Desargues Descartes Deseilligny Deslandres Deutsch Dewar
Carroll_(crater)
Drawing by Leonardo da Vinci
Raphael in Tobias and the Angel (c. 1475). Donato Bramante's Heraclitus and Democritus (1477) is thought by some to portray Leonardo as Heraclitus. Some suspect
Portrait of a Man in Red Chalk
Portrait_of_a_Man_in_Red_Chalk
Book by Leon M. Lederman
of particle physics, starting with the pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Democritus, and continuing through Isaac Newton, Roger J. Boscovich, Michael Faraday
The_God_Particle_(book)
German philosopher and socialist (1818–1883)
completed in 1841. He based the theme of his thesis on the philosophy of Democritus and Epicurus. It was described as "a daring and original piece of work
Karl_Marx
Historical fragment of Greek verse
dispute. This includes the thought of Democritus, as Charles H. Kahn has argued. Like the Sisyphus fragment, Democritus wrote that early humans believed in
Sisyphus_fragment
also describes a separate Bolus who was a philosopher of the school of Democritus, who wrote Inquiry, and Medical Art, containing "natural medical remedies
Bolus_of_Mendes
back towards pre-scientific and Greek philosophers such as Leucippus and Democritus who argued that all the universe is composed of atoms and voids. Circa
History_of_molecular_theory
and he is traditionally described in the context of his student Democritus. Democritus was a student of Leucippus who developed an atomist theory. Students
List of pre-Socratic philosophers
List_of_pre-Socratic_philosophers
Telauges (his son), Xenophanes, Parmenides, Zeno of Elea, Leucippus, Democritus (“who had many pupils”), Nausiphanes [and Naucydes] (“in particular”)
Italian_school_(philosophy)
Greek space organization
communication links with ground stations in Greece. MICE-1 Prisma Electronics SA, Democritus University of Thrace 1 3U Maritime monitoring through reception of AIS
Hellenic_Space_Center
Matter with biological processes
various forms of life are caused by an appropriate mixture of elements. Democritus (460 BC) was an atomist; he thought that the essential characteristic
Life
Philosophical origins and foundation of Western civilization
Athens with Nausiphanes, who was a follower of Democritus and a student of Pyrrho of Elis. He accepted Democritus' theory of atomism, with improvements made
Ancient_Greek_philosophy
Philosophical concept
widely but not universally accepted among subsequent Greek philosophers. Democritus' theory of atoms entailed that assemblages of atoms were impermanent.
Impermanence
Ancient Greek philosopher (c. 570 – c. 478 BC)
goes through Parmenides, Melissus of Samos, Zeno of Elea, Leucippus, Democritus, Protagoras, Nessos of Chios, Metrodorus of Chios, Diogenes of Smyrna
Xenophanes
Obsolete theories in natural history and natural philosophy
by catastrophe theory and chaos theory. Progression of atomic theory Democritus, the originator of atomic theory, held that everything is composed of
List of superseded scientific theories
List_of_superseded_scientific_theories
Ancient Greek analogue astronomical computer
Lost Analemma (Diodorus) Astronomia (Hesiod) Description of the Heavens (Democritus) Commentary on Aratus (Theon of Alexandria) Commentary on the Analemma
Antikythera_mechanism
Standard numbering system for Pre-Socratic philosophers' works
Antisthenes 7 Pherecydes 37 Damon 67 Leucippus 8 Theagenes 38 Hippon 68 Democritus 9 Acusilaus 39 Phaleas and Hippodamus 69 Nessas 10 The Seven Sages of
Diels–Kranz_numbering
5th-century BCE Greek poet and sophist
of the Cyclades. According to the Suda, he was a disciple of Democritus after Democritus had paid 10,000 drachmas to free Diagoras from captivity following
Diagoras_of_Melos
Form of graphical projection where the projection lines converge to one or more points
stage to give the illusion of depth. The philosophers Anaxagoras and Democritus worked out geometric theories of perspective for use with skenographia
Perspective_(graphical)
West Cornelius Castoriadis Daniel Guérin David D. Friedman David Hume Democritus Dong Zhongshu Edmund Burke Edward Burnett Tylor Edward Said Émile Durkheim
Index of sociopolitical thinkers
Index_of_sociopolitical_thinkers
Ancient Greek philosopher
Xenophanes. There may have been two such persons, as he is referenced by Democritus c. 400 BC, though was also supposedly the purchaser of Diogenes the Cynic
Xeniades
Measure of the size of an atom
calculation is very good. These calculations were published in his work Democritus reviviscens sive de atomis. The concept of atomic radius was preceded
Atomic_radius
Ancient Greek goddess
another possible meaning is mentioned in Diogenes Laertius' biography of Democritus, that Athena was called "Tritogeneia" because three things, on which all
Athena
Systematic endeavour to gain knowledge
atoms was developed by the Greek philosopher Leucippus and his student Democritus. Later, Epicurus would develop a full natural cosmology based on atomism
Science
Greek tertiary educational institution
Hellenic University University of Macedonia University of Western Macedonia Democritus University of Thrace Peloponnese University of Peloponnese University
University_of_Peloponnese
1780 novel by Christoph Martin Wieland
the small-mindedness of its inhabitants, with the notable exception of Democritus. It was ridiculed by Cicero and described as a "republic of fools"; it
History_of_the_Abderites
Greek mathematician and physicist (c. 287 – 212 BC)
volume of a cone is one-third the volume of cylinder by knowing that Democritus had already asserted it to be true on the argument that this is true by
Archimedes
Hypothetical planet on the other side of the Sun from Earth
Lost Analemma (Diodorus) Astronomia (Hesiod) Description of the Heavens (Democritus) Commentary on Aratus (Theon of Alexandria) Commentary on the Analemma
Counter-Earth
Scientific field of study
approximately 2000 years after it was proposed by Leucippus and his pupil Democritus. During the classical period in Greece (6th, 5th and 4th centuries BCE)
Physics
Novel by Samuel Beckett
famous line, "Nothing is more real than nothing" – a metatextual echo of Democritus's "Naught is more real than nothing", which is referenced in Beckett's
Malone_Dies
Ancient Minoan buildings in Crete
Philosophers Anaxagoras Anaximander Anaximenes Antisthenes Aristippus Aristotle Democritus Diogenes of Sinope Empedocles Epicurus Gorgias Heraclitus Hypatia Leucippus
Minoan_palaces
Pre-Socratic school of philosophy
Leucippus' atomism, which is then responded to by Democritus - but others see Melissus responding to Democritus. The Eleatics believed in the oneness of the
Eleatics
Administrative region of Greece
International Airport "Alexander the Great" Alexandroupoli International Airport "Democritus" Philippi Abdera Didymoteicho Fortress Trajanopolis Samothrace temple
Eastern_Macedonia_and_Thrace
Greek football club
months. In the early years, the team's emblem consisted exclusively of Democritus. A new emblem with small changes was introduced in 1985. The emblem was
Xanthi_F.C.
Greek philosopher (c. 495 – c. 430 BC)
Metrodorus of Lampsacus Italian Empedocles Acron Pausanias Atomist Leucippus Democritus Sophist Ionian Protagoras Prodicus Hippias Thrasymachus Damon more...
Zeno_of_Elea
Theory that some of our sense-data can accurately represent external objects
Locke—following a tradition which can be traced back to the ancient (Democritus) and modern (Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton) atomism—some sense-data, namely
Critical realism (philosophy of perception)
Critical_realism_(philosophy_of_perception)
Something that has mass and volume
century BCE), and the pre-Socratic Greek philosophers Leucippus (c. 490 BCE) and Democritus (c. 470–380 BCE). Matter is a general term describing any physical substance
Matter
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