| 单词 | Democritus |
| 例句 | Democritus invented the word atom, Greek for “unable to be cut.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When we cut an apple, the knife must pass through empty spaces between the atoms, Democritus argued. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A portrait of Democritus is now on the Greek hundred-drachma bill. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As a person, Democritus seems to have been somewhat unusual. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z For Democritus all of life was to be enjoyed and understood; understanding and enjoyment were the same thing. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Anaxagoras was not nearly so radical as Democritus. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z This hint, this whiff, of the existence of atoms was carried much further by a man named Democritus, who came from the Ionian colony of Abdera in northern Greece. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Suppose you take an apple pie and cut it in half; take one of the two pieces, cut it in half; and, in the spirit of Democritus, continue. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In a related exercise, Democritus imagined calculating the volume of a cone or a pyramid by a very large number of extremely small stacked plates tapering in size from the base to the apex. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A few Greeks, however, such as Democritus, held that matter was inherently grainy and that everything was made up of large numbers of various different kinds of atoms. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z As Democritus put it, ‘By convention sweet, by convention bitter, by convention hot, by convention cold, by convention colour: but in reality atoms and void.’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Perhaps if Democritus’ work had not been almost completely destroyed, there would have been calculus by the time of Christ.' Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Of the seventy-three books Democritus is said to have written, covering all of human knowledge, not a single work survives. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He thought of Democritus: “Everywhere man blames nature and fate, yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passions, his mistakes and weaknesses.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z There is no record of Democritus having been persecuted for his opinions—but then, he came from Abdera. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z This fine scale of roughness Democritus identified with the world of the atoms. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Democritus may have come from Abdera, but he was no dummy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Beyond the Milk of Hera, past the Backbone of Night, the mind of Democritus soared. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The atomism of Democritus, Epicurus and Lucretius implied that the universe is made up of building blocks that function through their size, shape and solidity. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Democritus's aphorism introduced the vastly influential principle of the primary and secondary qualities. Peter Forbes's top 10 books on colour 2011-03-16T17:49:51Z Like Democritus, the Epicureans, Hobbes, and Gassendi, Locke believed the dynamics of pleasure and pain motivated humankind. The man who made America: Reason, religion and the brilliant mind of John Locke 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z Ingenious ancient Greeks, such as Democritus and Epicurus, were the first Atomists. "The Big Bang Theory" and real science, from Leonard's wedding vows to the "Time Machine" prop 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z Long ago two ancient Greek savants, Democritus and Leucippus, argued that matter consists of atoms, a notion that would be confirmed more than two millennia later. The Most Surprising Discoveries in Physics 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z Another philosopher and scientist of the era, Democritus, maintained that the universe consisted of tiny particles he called “atoms” that came together randomly in a vortex to form the universe. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z She begins in the 5th century B.C., when Democritus formulated his atomism, locating the ultimate nature of things in matter rather than divinity. Review | Sarah Bakewell takes us on a 700-year tour of humanism 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z The earliest significant ideas to survive are due to the ancient Greeks in the fifth century BCE, especially those of the philosophers Leucippus and Democritus. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z In the fifth century BC, Leucippus and Democritus argued that all matter was composed of small, finite particles that they called atomos, a term derived from the Greek word for “indivisible.” Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z Indeed, this point of view was highly influential, not only for Plato and Aristotle, but also for the early atomists, like Democritus, who held that all perceived qualities are merely human conventions. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z A Greek philosopher, Democritus, put forward the idea in the fifth century that the world was made up of indivisible particles which he called atoms. Pentaquarks: scientists find new "exotic" configurations of quarks 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z Humans have been aware of rabies at least since Democritus, in the fifth century B.C. Opinion | The Virus, the Bats and Us 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z Another is what Democritus in particular believed—that there is a smallest unit that cannot be further subdivided. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Aristotle attacked the earlier theory of indivisible “atoms”, proposed by the philosopher Democritus, as mathematically impossible. More than 2,000 years of elements: a prehistory of the periodic table 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Underlying all these appearances, Democritus reasoned, are only atomic, unchanging bits of matter flowing through a void. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Maria Chatzaki, professor of molecular biology and genetics at Democritus University of Thrace, previously told Newsit high temperatures create the perfect climate for reproduction. 'Raining' spiders? Sky in Brazil covered with black dots during 'strange' phenomenon 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z Unlike Democritus, however, Dalton brought to bear a substantial body of evidence for his theory. What It Means When Scientists Disagree 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z Maria Chatzaki, professor of molecular biology and genetics at Democritus University of Thrace, told Newsit Greece's high temperatures are creating the perfect climate for reproduction. Giant spider web stretches 1,000 feet across lagoon: They're having 'a party' 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z Maria Chatzaki, professor of molecular biology and genetics at Democritus University of Thrace, Greece said high temperatures, sufficient humidity and food created the ideal conditions for the species to reproduce in large numbers. Giant spider-web cloaks Greek coast 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z Weinberg offers a curious panorama that demotes certain canonical figures, such as Democritus, Francis Bacon and René Descartes. Ideal witness: a physicist takes on the world 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z Newton was explicit about his debt to ancient philosophy, Democritus in particular, for ideas that arose originally from philosophical motivations, such as the notions of empty space, atomism and natural rectilinear motion. Physics Needs Philosophy / Philosophy Needs Physics 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Aristotle was cribbing a bit from Democritus, actually, but in those days footnotes were heavy and hard to carve. 2018 Nissan Leaf: A Worthy Electric Rival for the Chevy Bolt? 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z Democritus, in ancient Greece, put forward the idea that at its smallest level, the universe was made of atoms. Richard Taylor, Nobel-winning physicist who helped discover quarks, dies at 88 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z Democritus of Abdera said that conventional religion emerged from primitive people’s fear of natural phenomena like lightning, the physical nature of which they didn’t understand. Modern Atheism Isn't Actually All That New 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z She studied social work at the Democritus University of Thrace in Northern Greece, finishing her studies in 2007. Greece's Unemployed Young: A Great Depression Steals the Nation's Future 2013-07-25T19:35:16Z The atom had fascinated philosophers of old, from Democritus to Aristotle to Lucretius to Leibniz to Newton. The Story of Energy: The Physics of an Atom Part 1 2013-07-19T15:15:16.940Z For most of recorded history, no one accepted the existence atoms, even though Democritus, Lucretius and other ancient philosophers described them. Aristotle claimed matter was infinitely divisible and his view dominated for 2,000 years. The Real Power of Crystals: Attesting to Atoms 2013-02-15T14:15:03.507Z This idea dates back to the days of Aristotle and Democritus. The Chameleon of Quantum Culture: Wave-Particle Duality 2012-12-06T15:15:12.783Z Democritus is known for conceiving atomic theory; legend has it that he gouged his eyes out in his garden so that contemplation of the external world would not disturb his meditations. Borges and Memory: Encounters with the Human Brain [Excerpt] 2012-11-05T19:48:13.463Z With modifications based on chemical as well as mechanical changes among the atoms, this theory of Leucippus and Democritus is confirmed. Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement 2012-04-26T02:00:14.960Z It cannot be denied that an unmistakable tendency has prevailed, from Democritus to the present day, to explain all physical events mechanically. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z The writings of Thales, Solon, Pythagoras, Democritus, Plato, Herodotus, and Xenophon, all of whom visited remote countries, contain no mention of the Jews whatever. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z Democritus believed that everything was made up of what we now call “atoms”. The Chameleon of Quantum Culture: Wave-Particle Duality 2012-12-06T15:15:12.783Z Anaxagoras and his homoiomeriæ, Democritus and his atoms, he often quotes as his authorities. Socialism: Utopian and Scientific 2012-03-26T02:00:37.300Z Traces of an idea of Evolution may be found in various crude forms in nearly all the earlier Greek philosophers, especially in Anaximander, Heraclitus, Democritus, Empedocles, and later in Aristotle. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z We find no certain reference to the affection, however, until we come to Democritus and Aristotle, in the fourth century B.C. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z But Democritus of Abdera said atomic natures—and he did well; but since he made some mistakes about them, these will be set right in our opinions. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z Such was the doctrine of the Epicureans, of Democritus, and of Aristotle. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Democritus who puts the world on chance, Diogenes, Anaxagoras, and Thales, Zeno, Empedocles, and Heraclitus, . The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z Bear in mind that for centuries, physicists had fought the very idea of an atom, despite the fact that Democritus had been an “atomist” two thousand years earlier. Don't Be Dissin' the Bohr Model! 2012-02-10T13:15:00.243Z On the sides, Democritus and Heraclitus with fools’ caps. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z This wide chasm seems as little capable of being bridged by the help of the atoms of Democritus, as by the watery element of Thales or the fiery element of Heraclitus. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z Democritus and Lucretius looked upon them as spectres and simulacra of corporeal things, emitted from them, floating in the air, and assailing the soul. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z A spurious philosophy has prevailed under one name or another in every age, from the days of Democritus down to our own; but it has received recently an impetus from the teachings of Materialists. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z Democritus and my innocence came to my aid; and I determined to stand firm with silent and passive resistance. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z On each side caricatures inscribed Democritus and Heraclitus. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z The traditional opposition between Democritus and Heraclitus lived after them. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z Pythagoras was banished from Athens; Anaxagoras was immured in a dungeon; Democritus was considered a maniac, and Socrates condemned to death. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z The question is always on my tongue, why precisely Democritus? Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) 2011-12-07T03:00:18.847Z Democritus of Coos relates that he visited many cities, and countries, and nations, and that eighty years of his life were spent in travelling in foreign lands. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z Let us conclude, therefore, that Democritus hath in this particular better Philosophated than Aristotle. Discourse on Floating Bodies 2011-10-13T02:00:45.260Z But the great intellectual life of such men as Democritus, Empedocles, or Anaxagoras, escapes our notice in the more familiar studies of classical literature. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z As early as the fifth century B. C. the philosopher Democritus propounded materialistic doctrines among the Greeks. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z "Democritus holds that truth does not exist," Porphyry ventured, unabashed. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z George Katrougalos, a constitutional law professor at Democritus University in Thrace, says default would be a better option at this point. Greece Debt Crisis: Have the Cuts Gone Too Deep? 2011-09-22T22:40:00Z The cause, therefore, of the Supernatation of the things of which Democritus speaks is one, and that of the Supernatation of the things of which we speak is another. Discourse on Floating Bodies 2011-10-13T02:00:45.260Z The poetry of the living world is thus breathed into the dry bones of the Atomic system of Democritus. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z Marx wrote a thesis on the Natural Philosophies of Democritus and Epicurus, and in 1841 the degree of Doctor of Philosophy was conferred on him at Jena. The life and teaching of Karl Marx 2011-09-03T02:00:19.203Z On this, Democritus, looking towards the speakers, said,—If, indeed, Jobas asserts any of these things, let him take pleasure in his Libyan books, and in the nonsense of Hanno. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Greece is already one of the poorest and most unequal societies in Europe, reckons Christos Papatheodorou at the Democritus University of Thrace. Greece in panic as it faces change of Homeric proportions 2011-08-01T19:11:57Z This argument is fallacious, no less than the other against Democritus. Discourse on Floating Bodies 2011-10-13T02:00:45.260Z Atomists.—In the theory of Atomism taught by Leucippus and Democritus we have the basis of the modern mechanical conceptions of cosmic evolution. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z Anaxemenes, Anaxagoras, and Democritus, who make the earth flat, consider it to be sustained by the air, which is accumulated below it, and also presses down upon it like a great coverlet. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z When Democritus had said this they all marvelled at the efficacy of citron, and most of them ate it, as if they had had nothing to eat or drink before. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Unlike the modern Punch, who is refined and courteous even when he is most severe, Mercurius Democritus could seldom be facetious without being coarse and even indecent. The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress 2011-06-15T02:00:20.920Z Like his teacher, Democritus, he attacked the prevailing polytheism, and sought to substitute the active powers of nature for the divinities of the Greeks. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z His theory of the universe was based on the atomic theory of Democritus. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z Leucippus, Democritus, Heraclitus, and Anaxagoras all adopted this purely imaginary form. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z And the citizens of Abdera brought Democritus to trial, on the ground that he had wasted the estate which he had inherited from his father. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z As soon as the people were released from the domination of Puritanism a reaction set in, and the humours of Mercurius Democritus were supplemented by the still broader fancies of Mercurius Fumigolus. The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress 2011-06-15T02:00:20.920Z The naturalist will believe in a certain hardness, as Nietzsche did; he will incline to a certain scorn, as the laughter of Democritus was scornful. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z This explanation shows that Democritus was already close on the track of infinitesimals. Archimedes Men of Science 2011-03-13T03:00:23.660Z One that Ptolemy was the author of was founded on data derived from ancient observers—Callipus, Democritus, Eudoxus, Hipparchus—aided by his own calculations. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z This, then, is the cause which Democritus alleges for this fulness of the Nile. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z I have spoken of Mercurius Democritus as being the Punch of the seventeenth century. The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress 2011-06-15T02:00:20.920Z The ethics of Democritus, in so far as we may judge from scanty evidence, were merely descriptive or satirical. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z The inhabitants of Ethiopia, partly perhaps owing to their honourable mention in the Homeric poems, attracted the attention of many Greek researchers, from Democritus onwards. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z Democritus says that it is the lustre of several little stars which are very near together, and which reciprocally illuminate each other. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z When Plutarch had said all this about parasites, Democritus, taking up the discourse, said, And I myself, 'like wood well-glued to wood,' as the Theban poet has it, will say a word about flatterers. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z It is only when we come to Democritus, a contemporary of Socrates, the last of the original thinkers whom we distinguish as pre-Socratic, that we find anything which we can call an ethical system. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z Of all the systems extant—and they were legion—he found that of Democritus the most helpful and edifying. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z In physics Epicurus founded upon Democritus, and his chief object was to abolish the dualism between mind and matter which is so essential a point in the systems of Plato and Aristotle. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z To Democritus belongs the honor of having first recognized among the Greeks that ecstasy is the condition of the poet. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z And just as Democritus was beginning to treat us all to a number of interminable stories, in came a troop of servants bringing in everything requisite for eating. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z DANIEL, George.—Democritus in London with the mad Pranks and comical Conceits of Motley and Robin Good-fellow to which are added notes festivous etc. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 1 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:36.047Z But, since it was adopted on these external and pragmatic grounds, the system of Democritus did not need to be adopted entire. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z Stimulated, however, by the perusal of some writings of Democritus, he began to formulate a doctrine of his own; and at Mitylene, Colophon and Lampsacus, he gradually gathered round him several enthusiastic disciples. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Its professed object is to give a fabulous explanation of an impossible phenomenon, though one apparently accepted both by Mago and Democritus. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil Other Greek philosophers, as for example Anaxagoras and Democritus, explained it as a reflection of the light of the sun which still found its way even though that luminary had passed from sight. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time Yea, I deemed, too, that immoderate laughter must be a disease, for Philemon died of it and Democritus was till his end sick of it. The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim Fancy what emotions those who lived in such a world would have felt on the day when a Democritus or a Lucretius revealed to them their actual situation. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z But he had read Democritus, and, it is said, Anaxagoras and Archelaus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Diogenes of Apollonia, Alexander Aphrodiseus, Democritus, and others, conceived the magnet to draw at the iron without the iron in any way contributing to that action. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments The same was true of the hypothesis of Democritus. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude The Epicureans took over the atomism of Democritus and Leucippus, with few modifications, and made it the basis of their own teaching. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy Though matter was homogeneous, the forms of the ultimate particles, according to Democritus, were various; and sundry combinations of them constituted the sundry objects in nature. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z There is better authority for believing that Democritus went to Egypt and Babylon, but his more distant travels to India are likewise legendary. Lectures on The Science of Language To this end he wrote a didactic epic poem, On the Nature of Things, in which he explained the atomic theory of Democritus which was the foundation of the philosophical teachings of Epicurus. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. In the philosophical systems of Leucippus and Democritus and Epicurus it lies fully developed before us. Naturalism And Religion They ascribed weight to the atoms, and the only question is whether this was a modification introduced by them, or whether it was part of the original doctrine of Democritus and Leucippus. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy Mechanism as to motion, atomism as to structure, materialism as to substance, that is the whole system of Democritus. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z In 1654 the Mercurius Democritus, the Punch of its time, took occasion to make fun of the stories of the supernatural then in circulation. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 To this result also, in no small degree, the labours of Democritus of Abdera tended. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition But as far as their general tendency is concerned, they were already represented in the nature-philosophies of Democritus on the one hand, and of Aristotle on the other. Naturalism And Religion Even Democritus believed that true being, that is, material atoms, are so small that the senses cannot perceive them, and only reason is aware of their existence. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy The system of Democritus was adopted by Epicurus, but not because Epicurus had any keenness of scientific vision. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z We have some knowledge of the character of these early works, as far back as Democritus, four hundred and sixty years before the Christian era. Soil Culture According to Democritus, "Nothing is true, or, if so, is not certain to us." History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition According to Plutarch, Democritus recognized one god under the form of a fiery sphere, the soul of the world, but this idea is probably of later origin. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" On the contrary, Democritus says that the happiness of man does not depend on material possessions, but upon the state of the soul. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy The only answer that concerns us here is that given by Lucretius; an answer he accepted from Epicurus, his master in everything, who in turn had accepted it from Democritus. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z The author of Democritus in London, with the Mad Pranks and Comical Conceits of Motley and Robin Good-Fellow, thus alludes to this saying in that work. Notes and Queries, Number 215, December 10, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Democritus raised us to the noble thought that, small as it is, a single atom may constitute a world. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Ethics.—Democritus’s moral system—the first collection of ethical precepts which deserves the name—strongly resembles the negative side of the system of Epicurus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" It is true that his immediate successors, Empedocles and Democritus, seized upon this, and built their philosophies upon it. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy Democritus thought that the substance of everything ought not to have any of the qualities present in some things and absent in others; it ought to have only the qualities present in all things. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z Fragments only of the numerous works ascribed to Democritus have been preserved. A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science Democritus and the Epicureans, of course, advocated the theme of infinite worlds in an infinite universe which More accepted; but at the same time, he rejected their view of a mechanistic and fortuitous creation. Democritus Platonissans It is in Democritus first that we find a real attempt to explain colour. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" Democritus expressly opposes to this the doctrine of necessity. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy Unlike the useless substance of the Indians, the substance of Democritus could offer a calculable, ground for the flux of appearances; for this substance was distributed unequally in the void, and was constantly moving. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z Haynerd was a laughing Democritus, an easy-going, even-tempered fellow, doomed to be loved, and by the same graces thoroughly cheated by the world in general. Carmen Ariza In bringing together Democritus’ theories and neo-Platonic thought, More obviously has attempted reconciliation of two exclusive world views, but with dubious success. Democritus Platonissans Epicurus went to this school when he was fourteen, and seems, among other things, to have imbibed the Atomic Theory of Democritus without realizing that it was anything peculiar. Five Stages of Greek Religion Epicurus early became acquainted with the atomism of Democritus, but his learning in earlier systems of philosophy does not appear to have been extensive. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy The great difference between Heraclitus and Democritus lay, it seems, in their spleen only;—for a wise and good man must either laugh or cry without ceasing. Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare The systems that identify God and the world range from the crude materialism of Democritus to the lofty spiritualism of Plotinus. Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology Democritus Platonissans is More’s earliest statement about absolute space and time; by introducing these themes into English philosophy, he contributed significantly to the intellectual history of the seventeenth century. Democritus Platonissans Here again Epicurus found refuge in the old Ionian theory of Atoms and the Void, which is supposed to have originated with Democritus and Leucippus, a century before. Five Stages of Greek Religion The Stoics return to Heracleitus for their physics, Epicurus resurrects the atomism of Democritus. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy These are so extremely ridiculous, that there is need of more than one Democritus to laugh at them. In Praise of Folly Illustrated with Many Curious Cuts Wherefore it was Democritus's opinion that truth is hid in a well, that she may not be found by men. Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." Democritus Platonissans and Cupids Conflict were each paginated from 1; other parts of the original have no visible page numbers. Democritus Platonissans There were exceptions, of course: Democritus, Eratosthenes, Hippocrates, and to a great extent Aristotle. Five Stages of Greek Religion Heracleitus, and even Democritus, were pronounced adherents of reason, as against sense. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy The atoms of Democritus are thus transmuted into the "substantial forms" and endowed either with the efficient cause of Aristotle or, permitted to remain material, with Aristotle's material cause. Medical Investigation in Seventeenth Century England Papers Read at a Clark Library Seminar, October 14, 1967 Hobbes's system of physics is that of Democritus, the atomistic and corpuscular of the Ionic school. Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." But even though Democritus Platonissans explores an astronomical subject, just as the third part of Psychathanasia also does, its attitude and theme are quite different; for More had meanwhile been reading Descartes. Democritus Platonissans Fun and frolic were now in full swing on the thoroughfares; Democritus, the rollicker, had commanded his subjects to drive dull care away and they obeyed the jovial lord of laughter. The Strollers Therefore he searched the past, and soon found what he wanted in the atomism of Democritus. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy When Heraclitus brings a cloud, Democritus provides the sun; Or should the Hopeful crow too loud, I listen to the Mournful One; And thus, between the two, I find a fairly rational point of view. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 16, 1914 But the above nouns are also used with these prepositions, a, ab, de, e, ex, inter, ante; as, Primus inter philosophos Democritus est: Democritus is the first amongst philosophers. The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue But there was nothing really new about the idea of infinite worlds which More described in Democritus Platonissans; it surely was not a conception unique to Descartes. Democritus Platonissans “I came to Athens,” saith Democritus, “and there was no one there that knew me:” this was a moderate and grave man who could glory in his obscurity. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero Epicurus, therefore, adopted the atomism of Democritus en bloc, or with trifling modifications. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy Democritus always was glad Of a bumper to cheer up his soul, And would laugh like a man that was mad, When over a good flowing bowl. Ebrietatis Encomium or, the Praise of Drunkenness Then Torquatus goes to work and delivers a most amusing discourse on the wisdom of Democritus and his great disciple. The Life of Cicero Volume II. Democritus Platonissans concludes with an apocalyptic vision wherein the poet imagines the reconciliation of infinite worlds and time within God’s immensity. Democritus Platonissans Democritus was so blind he could not distinguish white from black: but he knew the difference betwixt good and evil, just and unjust, honourable and base, the useful and useless, great and small. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero This, of course, is an invention of Epicurus, and formed no part of the doctrine of Democritus. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy The scope of the Books is as follows: Books i. and ii. state the physical theories of Democritus and Epicurus. The Student's Companion to Latin Authors What "full and empty" may mean I cannot tell; but Democritus could, for he believed in it—though in other matters he went a little farther! The Life of Cicero Volume II. One passage in it which Ward did not translate describes the genesis of Democritus Platonissans. Democritus Platonissans Were it not so, would Anaxagoras, or this very Democritus, have left their estates and patrimonies, and given themselves up to the pursuit of acquiring this divine pleasure? The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero If that is so, it is very difficult to say how the early Atomists, Leucippus and Democritus, explained the original motion. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy Book i. states the Atomic Theory of Democritus, held by Epicurus, that the world consists of atoms and void. The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Its source, too, has been demonstrated: it was presumably Democritus who first advanced it. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity Democritus said, words are but the shadows of actions. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature He will reflect on Anaxarchus, the pupil of Democritus, who having fallen into the hands of Nicocreon king of Cyprus, without the least entreaty for mercy, or refusal, submitted to every kind of torture. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero Belief in gods Democritus explains as being due to fear of great terrestrial and astronomical phenomena, such as volcanoes, earthquakes, comets, and meteors. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy For agriculture and natural history—Greek writers like Aristotle, Theophrastus, Democritus, and Xenophon; and Latin writers like Cato and Varro. The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Nevertheless the author of the fragment has hardly got it direct from Democritus, who at this time was little known at Athens, but from an intermediary. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity What Heraclitus would not laugh, or what Democritus would not weep? Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature Why should I speak of Plato and of Democritus, by whom, we see, that the most distant countries were travelled over, on account of their desire for learning? The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero A number of the ethical maxims of Democritus have come down to us. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy Here again he takes occasion to combat the atomic theory of the Muʿtazila and Democritus, and proves that a line is not composed of points. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy In another point also the fragment seems to betray the influence of Democritus. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity Democritus conjured him up out of the underworld. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts Did Democritus ever say such a thing as this? The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero And for this reason Aristotle praises him, and, contrasting him with the mechanists, Leucippus and Democritus, says that he appears like "a sober man among vain babblers." A Critical History of Greek Philosophy Epicuras and Democritus were nearly of the same opinion as Zeno; and the Athletæ, that their strength might be unimpaired, never married. Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction In Democritus's conception of the universe, personal gods would seem excluded a priori. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity To the questions of Democritus he answered, “The books are in the temple.” Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts You produce Themistocles and Demosthenes; to these you add Pythagoras, Democritus, and Plato. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero The attack was begun by Xenophanes; Heracleitus carried it on; and lastly Democritus had attempted to explain belief in the gods as being caused by fear of gigantic terrestrial and astronomical phenomena. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy Democritus, that it is a substance extracted from soul and body. Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction In Democritus, who was a slightly elder contemporary of Prodicus, we have already met with investigation into the origin of the conceptions of the gods. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity Democritus laughingly subscribes his name to thousands, and chuckles as he beholds his favourite stock ascending in the thermometer of the share-market. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. I will have nothing at all to do with that fortuitous concourse of individual light and round bodies, notwithstanding Democritus insists on their being warm, and having breath, that is to say, life. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero Thus Thales asserted that the ultimate reality is water, Anaximander indefinite matter, Anaximenes air, the Pythagoreans number, the Eleatics Being, Heracleitus fire, Empedocles the four elements, Democritus atoms, and so on. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy In this embarrassment, Epicurus, compelled to acknowledge that the human race believes in the existence of gods, addresses himself to an old theory of Democritus--that is, he appeals to dreams. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles The case of Democritus already shows that a philosopher might very well derive the conceptions of the gods from an incorrect interpretation of certain phenomena without throwing doubt on their existence. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity Heraclitus sells—Democritus holds; and thus the great point of wisdom at issue between them, is reduced to a mere question of time. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. No one, indeed, asserts that; though Epicurus charges Democritus with saying so; but the disciples of Democritus deny it. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero But it is believed that all the essentials of this philosophy were the work of Leucippus, and that Democritus applied and extended them, worked out details, and made the theory famous. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy The psychological opinions of Democritus were as decidedly materialistic as his physical theories. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles This too is a genuinely sophistic view, characteristically deviating from that of the naturalist Democritus in its limitation to the human and social aspect of the question. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity Ferriar in his Illustrations of Sterne pointed out the enormous indebtedness of Tristram Shandy to Democritus Junior. A History of Elizabethan Literature But now, if I approved of the doctrines of Epicurus, that is to say, of Democritus, I could write of natural philosophy in as plain a style as Amafanius. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero Democritus also put forward a theory of perception, according to which objects project into space images of themselves composed of atoms. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy Hence a knowledge of Physics, particularly the physics which Democritus taught, was needful to deliver men from false hopes and false fears. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles Democritus was a naturalist, hence he took as his starting-point the natural phenomena commonly ascribed to the influence of the gods. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity Those who, "with Democritus, set the world upon Chance" have a right to worship their Jesus of Nazareth, and, in him, the Eternal Protest against the Cruelty of Life. Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions But Democritus went further; for he directed his investigations especially to the discovery of causes. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero His immediate successors, Empedocles and Democritus, seized upon the materialistic aspect of his thought, and developed it. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy In Democritus we have the culmination of the mechanical theory of the Ionian or Physical school. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles Which distinction, methinks, would have made Heraclitus himself to fall a laughing with Democritus. The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) He was, indeed, sufficiently modest to attribute the opinion to Democritus, but the whole credit of the discovery belonged to himself. Myths and Marvels of Astronomy Aristotle speaks of him as very much resembling in his opinions Democritus and Anaxagoras. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero He was a fellow citizen and contemporary of the physicist Democritus, and it was from Democritus he derived his learning. The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura Thus by Democritus was laid the basis of a system of absolute materialism, which was elaborated and completed by Epicurus, and has been transmitted to our times. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles Possibly its existence was suggested by the discovery of the first, told as follows in the Democritus Ridens. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy From this it follows that the void is as real as matter, or, as Democritus himself is reputed to have said, "thing is not more real than no-thing." The Approach to Philosophy The sun appears to Democritus to be of vast size, as he is a man of learning and of a profound knowledge of geometry. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero Take, for instance, the cases of Anaxagoras, Leucippus, Democritus, and Epicurus, and other natural philosophers. The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura It has undergone some slight modifications, adapting it to the progress of physical science; but it is to-day substantially the theory of Democritus. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles Such was the foundation of the atomic theory of Democritus. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics And this difference of method carried with it eventually certain profound differences of content, distinguishing the Newtonian theory even from that of Democritus, with which it had so much in common. The Approach to Philosophy First of all I reply, that you are bringing me to the arguments of Democritus, with whom I do not agree. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero Democritus conceived a hard atom as long ago as 500 B.C., while the notion of a hard atom is not absent from the works of Newton himself. Aether and Gravitation Leucippus, Democritus, and Epicurus, who were Materialists, are perhaps the only exceptions. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles His successor, Democritus, adopted his theory of the origin of knowledge, and by applying it to the problem of the One and the Many, produced the most striking of ancient anticipations of modern science. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics In the philosophy of Democritus the soul was itself an atom, finer, rounder, and smoother than the ordinary, but thoroughly a part of the mechanism of nature. The Approach to Philosophy He only makes some additions to the doctrine of Democritus, altering very little, and that in such a way that he seems to me to make those points worse which he endeavours to correct. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero In one or another form, varying in particulars, but agreeing in substance, it has been before the world ever since the days of Democritus, and more especially of his follower, Epicurus. A Theory of Creation: A Review of 'Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation' Mr. Martineau, I think, errs when he seeks to hold me to views enunciated by 'Democritus and the mathematicians.' Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Democritus also threw out in vague outline the idea of gravitation. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics For this higher critical exercise of thought Democritus devised no special atomic genesis. The Approach to Philosophy Democritus? for, as you know, I have always been a favourer of noble birth. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero The Democritus of Fleet Street was, and is, essentially representative, and the popular opinion of the merits or demerits of H.R.H. is constantly shown. The History of "Punch" If we look at matter as pictured by Democritus, and as defined for generations in our scientific text-books, the notion of conscious life coming out of it cannot be formed by the mind. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 For, as Democritus says, Language is the shadow of action. Plutarch's Morals In line with this treatment, Democritus affirmed that diseases are capable of being cured by the sound of a flute, when properly played. Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing Leucippus thought that there was a plenum, and a vacuum; Democritus resembled him in this idea, but was more copious on other matters: Empedocles adopts the theory of the four ordinary and commonly known elements. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero You could say he was a second Democritus, or better, that Pythagorean philosopher who saunters through the market-place with a tranquil mind gazing on the uproar of buyers and sellers. Erasmus and the Age of Reformation The son of a wealthy father, Democritus devoted the whole of his inherited fortune to the culture of his mind. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Robert Burton, otherwise Democritus Junior, the author of that glorious book The Anatomy of Melancholy, is stated by Wood to have been born at Lindley, in Leicestershire. Notes and Queries, Number 67, February 8, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. The world has been full of philosophies from Democritus to Hegel, and they have never lifted a single straw’s weight from the burden that oppresses all humanity. Buchanan's Journal of Man, February 1887 Volume 1, Number 1 But in those matters in which Epicurus follows Democritus, he is usually not very wrong. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero If only we had space here to assign to the Erasmus of the Colloquies his just and lofty place in that brilliant constellation of sixteenth-century followers of Democritus: Rabelais, Ariosto, Montaigne, Cervantes, and Ben Jonson! Erasmus and the Age of Reformation That great enigma, 'the exquisite adaptation of one part of an organism to another part, and to the conditions of life,' more especially the construction of the human body, Democritus made no attempt to solve. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Is it, said Democritus, equal or not equal to the base? The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield A number of legends representing Pythagoras, Democritus and other philosophers as disciples of the magi prove the prestige of that powerful sacerdotal class. The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism In his natural philosophy he embraced the atomic theories of Democritus and Diagoras, carrying them even further than they themselves had done, to such a degree that he drew upon himself the reproach of Atheism. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero Anaxagoras and his homoiomeriæ, Democritus and his atoms, are frequently quoted as his authorities. Selected Essays Democritus assumed that the larger atoms moved more rapidly than the smaller ones, which they therefore could overtake, and with which they could combine. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 For him, as for the Ionians of the Aegean down to and including Democritus, the earth was flat, and the eddy or vortex which gave rise to the world was still rotation in a plane. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield He is said to have received his medical education from his father and from Herodicus, and to have been taught philosophy by Gorgias, the Sophist, and by Democritus, whom he afterwards cured of mental derangement. Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine Democritus, on the contrary, declared for two co-equal elements, the Full and the Empty, or Being and Nonentity. A Short History of Greek Philosophy French and English materialism always remain in close relationship with Democritus and Epicurus. Selected Essays That is not enough," his physicist replies; "it might do for Democritus and the mathematicians, but I must have something more. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Democritus wrote a large number of mathematical treatises, the titles only of which are preserved. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield Their creed embraced the magic of the Persians, the dreams of the Asclepiads, the numbers of Pythagoras, and the theory of atoms of Democritus. Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine What Democritus hoped to get by this double or correlative system was a means of accounting for or conceiving of change in nature. A Short History of Greek Philosophy That story of his going to the bridge at Oxford to listen to the bargemen’s slang, etc., he reports of the old Democritus, his prototype: so perhaps biographers thought it must be Burton’s taste also. Letters of Edward FitzGerald in two volumes, Vol. 1 The atoms of Democritus are individually without sensation; they combine in obedience to mechanical laws; and not only organic forms, but the phenomena of sensation and thought, are the result of their combination. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Democritus realized as fully as Zeno, and expressed with no less piquancy, the difficulty connected with the continuous and the infinitesimal. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield "Therefore Aristotle, when he thinks to tax Democritus, doth in truth commend him, where he saith, If we shall indeed dispute, and not follow after similitudes," &c. Notes and Queries, Number 186, May 21, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. As regards the process of sensation, Epicurus, like Democritus, conceived bodies as having a power of emitting from their surface extremely delicate images of themselves. A Short History of Greek Philosophy Democritus was as much a philosopher as Heraclitus, and he lived fifty years longer. My New Curate His philosophy was almost identical with that of Democritus; but he never quoted either friend or foe. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 We may be sure that Democritus’s work on ‘The contact of a circle or a sphere’ discussed a like difficulty. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield Democritus, a materialist and atheist of 2500 years ago, formulated a mechanical view of phenomena in accordance with which everything that happens is due to physical impacts. The Necessity of Atheism Democritus and his follower Epicurus thought that it was the atoms, termed by our writers "bodies that cannot be cut up," or, by some, "indivisibles." The Ten Books on Architecture Democritus says that if one cut the tongue out of a live frog, and lay it on a woman's breast opposite her heart, she will be compelled to answer every question put to her. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales Lange speaks of Bacon's high appreciation of Democritus — for ample illustrations of which I am indebted to my excellent friend Mr. Spedding, the learned editor and biographer of Bacon. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 In 1621 was issued at Oxford the first edition, a quarto, of The Anatomy of Melancholy ... by Democritus Junior. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" The much-lauded Hegelian philosophy is the system of Democritus, with the addition of a little more absurdity in the assertion of the identity of contradictories. A Hero and Some Other Folks And so after twenty-two centuries wandering over the world, we have got back to where Democritus started from—to pure old heathenism. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity In Thackeray we do not find any of that consciousness of the imbecility of man, which made some French writers call the humour of Democritus "melancholy." History of English Humour, Vol. 2 Indeed, the dialectic strife in which Socrates so much delighted, had no charm for Democritus, who held that 'the man who readily contradicts, and uses many words, is unfit to learn anything truly right.' Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Not the least interesting part of the Anatomy is the long preface, "Democritus to the Reader," in which Burton sets out his reasons for writing the treatise and for assuming the name of Democritus Junior. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" His comedies, Fuller adds, would rouse laughter even in the weeping philosopher Heraclitus, while his tragedies would bring tears even to the eyes of the laughing philosopher Democritus. Shakespeare and the Modern Stage with Other Essays Democritus was Richard's affectation: being only an affectation Democritus did not carry him to the extreme of putting out his own eyes as a help to thought. The President A novel One must except Democritus and Epicurus, whose corpuscular philosophy combated these dogmas. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary The principles enunciated by Democritus reveal his uncompromising antagonism to those who deduced the phenomena of nature from the caprices of the gods. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 The philosopher Democritus, who was by nature very melancholy, "averse from company in his latter days and much given to solitariness," spent his closing years in the suburbs of Abdera. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" She switched off on Theocritus, And talked about Democritus; And his most ardent passion balked, And talked and talked and talked and talked. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (of X.) Most of all, Richard had been spoiled by an admiration for Democritus, which Thracian's acquaintance he picked up at school. The President A novel Asking them their belief would be like asking them if they are for Aristotle or Democritus: they know nothing; they are not atheists any more than they are Peripatetics. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary As regards the sixth, Democritus made his finer atoms do duty for the nervous system, whose functions were then unknown. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Burton would not compare himself with so famous a philosopher, but he aimed at carrying out the design which Democritus had planned and Hippocrates had commended. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" He probably thought it easier than Democritus to follow wisdom, because he did not see quite so far. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour I will speak of the whole.—This saying of Democritus is quoted by Montaigne, Essais, ii, 12. Pascal's Pensées The Greek Democritus affirms that the universe is only an infinite number of atoms moving as chance directs in the immensity of space: I record with veneration this unfolding of the human mind. The Heavenly Father Lectures on Modern Atheism Democritus returned poor from his travels, was supported by his brother, and at length wrote his great work entitled 'Diakosmos,' which he read publicly before the people of his native town. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 This was what Leucippus, Democritus, and Epicurus undertook to teach, passing beyond the natural and ideal myths, in order to take their stand on the movement of isolated parts as the maker of the universe. Myth and Science An Essay One of the most distinguished of them was Democritus, born 460 B.C. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour Many are historical personages: generals like Leonidas, Lysander; philosophers like Democritus and Aristotle; legislators like Lycurgus and Solon. History Of Ancient Civilization Molière made her indeed a good moral philosopher; but then she philosophised, like Democritus, with a merry, laughing face. Dialogues of the Dead He mastered the writings of Democritus, heard lectures in Athens, went back to Samos, and subsequently wandered through various countries. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 I answer that, Certain persons totally denied the existence of providence, as Democritus and the Epicureans, maintaining that the world was made by chance. Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition Lucian was a follower of Democritus, and his Confabulations consist of a succession of squibs and satires on the mythological legends of the gods and goddesses. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour Lucippe, Democritus, Epicurus, Straton, and some other Greeks, dared to tear away the thick veil of prejudice, and to deliver philosophy from theological fetters. Superstition In All Ages (1732) Common Sense In what does the Sceptical School differ from the Philosophy of Democritus? Sextus Empiricus and Greek Scepticism Democritus looked to the soul as the ennobling part of man; even beauty, without understanding, partook of animalism. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Which impression Democritus held to be caused by a discharge of images. Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition Of his "Hagar in the Wilderness," his "St. Jerome," his "Flight into Egypt," his "Democritus," his "Baptism of Christ," with its nine life-size figures, who, outside of France, has even heard? French Art Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture Another scoffer was Democritus of Abdera, who was so firmly convinced of the non-existence of ghosts that he took up his abode in a tomb and lived there night and day for a long time. Greek and Roman Ghost Stories The philosophy of Democritus is also said to have 213 community with Scepticism, because it seems to use the same matter that we do. Sextus Empiricus and Greek Scepticism The senses are nascent, the basis of all of them being that simple tactual sense which the sage Democritus recognised 2,300 years ago as their common progenitor. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 For Democritus maintained that every operation is by way of a discharge of atoms, as we gather from De Gener. i, 8. Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition It is true that in the depth of his heart he does not feel with Democritus, Epicurus, and Lucretius that "Dust thou art, to dust returnest" is spoken of soul as well as body. Horace and His Influence Descartes attempted what Leucippus, Democritus, Epicurus, and their followers thought to be impossible. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men The distinction, however, becomes most evident when 214 Democritus says that atoms and empty space are real, for by real he means existing in reality. Sextus Empiricus and Greek Scepticism You have probably heard of certain philosophers of the ancient world named Democritus, Epicurus, and Lucretius. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Apparently it was this argument that moved those who withdrew the course of nature from the care of divine providence, attributing it rather to the necessity of matter, as Democritus, and others of the ancients. Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition How then could Locke, or could Democritus, suppose that his ideas of space and atoms were less human, less graphic, summary, and symbolic, than his sensations of sound or colour? Some Turns of Thought in Modern Philosophy Five Essays Democritus of Abdera, to whom reference has been made above, belongs chronologically to this latter period, but his way of thinking makes us class him with the earlier philosophers. An Introduction to Philosophy From the context they would mean as we say, "living on air;" like Democritus, who subsisted three days upon the steam of new loaves. Notes and Queries, Number 61, December 28, 1850 Mr. Punch, once hailed by the D.T. as "the Democritus of Fleet Street," on the strength of his "memorable monosyllabic monition," in turn salutes the immortal protagonist of the purple polysyllable. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-20 Thirdly, because action is not effected by local movement, as Democritus held: but by something being reduced from potentiality to act. Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition To which Questions I might reply, as Democritus did to him that asked the Definition of a Man, 'Tis that we all see and know. An Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit, Humour, Railery, Satire, and Ridicule (1744) The doctrine of Democritus was taken up by Epicurus, who founded his school three hundred years before Christ—a school which lived and prospered for a very long time. An Introduction to Philosophy The people themselves were mad, of course, and Democritus was the wise man. The Original Fables of La Fontaine Rendered into English Prose by Fredk. Colin Tilney With respect to the ultimate constitution of these masses, the same two antagonistic opinions which had existed since the time of Democritus and of Aristotle were still face to face. The Advance of Science in the Last Half-Century His nom de plume was Democritus, Jr., and he is an advocate of the laughing philosophy. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction Democritus brought this scientific ideal to its ultimate expression. The Life of Reason Democritus of Abdera taught that nothing exists except atoms and empty space. An Introduction to Philosophy He will have it that there is no limit to the number of worlds like ours and that possibly they are inhabited with numberless Democrituses. The Original Fables of La Fontaine Rendered into English Prose by Fredk. Colin Tilney Lucretius was born a century before the Christian era, and Democritus, whose disciple he became, lived earlier still. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 He is Democritus the laughing philosopher, or Jupiter the thunderer; he arraigns vice, pats virtue on the shoulder, shouts for muscular Christianity, uncovers shams,—his personages are only names. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction We owe to Democritus this ideal of practical intelligibility; and he is accordingly an eternal spokesman of reason. The Life of Reason Democritus finds a place for mind by conceiving it to consist of fine, smooth, round atoms, which are the same as the atoms which constitute fire. An Introduction to Philosophy Democritus, if he were on earth, would laugh; whether a panther a different genus confused with the camel, or a white elephant attracted the eye of the crowd. The Works of Horace Libels on Poets.—Cicero tells us, Democritus and Plato said that there could be no good poet without a tincture of madness; and Aristotle calls poets madmen.—P.T.W. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 574, November 3, 1832 Title Joliet, like Democritus and Plato, saw everything with his own eyes, learned everything at first hand. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873 It is a pity that Democritus' physics was not absorbed by Aristotle. The Life of Reason It is atoms which think in us, said Epicurus after Democritus. Cobwebs of Thought We have an instance of this in a pleasant anecdote about Democritus, which Montaigne borrowed from Plutarch. The Pleasures of Ignorance The Anatomy of Melancholy, in which he appears under the name of Democritus Junior, was pub. in 1621, and had great popularity. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature Joliet, whom I have erred perhaps in comparing to Democritus, was nevertheless a laugher and a philosopher. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873 Heraclitus and Democritus, in systems easily seen to be complementary, gave long ago a picture of nature such as all later observation, down to our own day, has done nothing but fill out and confirm. The Life of Reason Ha, ha, O Democritus, thy gods That govern the whole world! courtly reward And punishment. The White Devil The novel-reader who becomes furious with someone for letting him into the secret of the end of the story is of the same mind as Democritus. The Pleasures of Ignorance He took little or no thought for scientific curiosity as a motive per se, which both Democritus and Aristotle put so much in the foreground. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics Democritus, who was always laughing, lived one hundred and nine years; Heraclitus, who never ceased crying, only sixty. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 323, July 19, 1828 Others said, such as Anaxagoras and Democritus, that it was the light of the Sun reflected into that part. The Banquet (Il Convito) When people asked Democritus, 'How do you know?' he answered, 'I laugh.' The Man Who Laughs But there was this difference between the French Democritus and him of Abdera, that the first traveled to instruct men, and the second to laugh at them. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 Plato admitted an invincible Erratic necessity; Aristotle introduced Chance and Spontaneity; Democritus multiplied indefinitely the varieties of atomic movements. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics Democritus Junior, a pseudonym under which Burton published his "Anatomy of Melancholy." The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge Wherefore Democritus, neglecting all care of his own person, trimmed neither his beard, nor the hair of his head, nor his nails. The Banquet (Il Convito) I think we possess a better reason than Democritus himself for our Abderian tendency; for laughter with us oftenest veils an effort to regain balance of temper, when disturbed by any untoward circumstance. Bushido, the Soul of Japan If we are to look for the origin of this idea we must go back to Democritus, Epicurus, and Lucretius. Scientific American Supplement, No. 460, October 25, 1884 Epicurus adopted the atomistic scheme of Democritus, but with some important variations. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics Democritus would have found something enchanting about the banks of the Jordan and the shores of the Dead Sea. The Adventures of a Special Correspondent His secret, the remedy for all the world's evil and misery, was only a philosophical creed, which he had learnt from Epicurus and Democritus. Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero Thinkers in whom this aesthetic reverence is weaker than the analytic impulse—especially Democritus—seem half modern rather than Greek. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time This great and learned Man was famous for enlivening his ordinary Discourses with Wit and Pleasantry; and, as Erasmus tells him in an Epistle Dedicatory, acted in all parts of Life like a second Democritus. The Spectator, Volume 2. The Physics of Epicurus were borrowed in the main from the atomic theory of Democritus, but were modified by him in a manner subservient and contributory to his ethical scheme. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics Herein in these affairs nowise take up What honoured sage, Democritus, lays down— That proposition, that primordials Of body and mind, each super-posed on each, Vary alternately and interweave The fabric of our members. On the Nature of Things Democritus and Epicurus are the only saviours,—of this Lucretius never had the shadow of a doubt. Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero Hippocrates, his precursors, Empedocles and Democritus, and Pliny, Aristotle, and Galen, have all described monsters, although in extravagant and ridiculous language. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine The Athenians might fairly except against the practice of Democritus, to be buried up in honey, as fearing to embezzle a great commodity of their country, and the best of that kind in Europe. Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend Nay, even that school which is most accused of atheism doth most demonstrate religion; that is, the school of Leucippus and Democritus and Epicurus. The Essays of Francis Bacon Then, too, Democritus, when ripened eld Admonished him his memory waned away, Of own accord offered his head to death. On the Nature of Things The air of Abdera was proverbial as causing stupidity; but among its citizens was the philosopher Democritus. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Older Instances.—Democritus in 323 B.C. is said to have lived forty days by simply smelling honey and hot bread. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine Democritus, that thought to laugh the times into goodness, seems to me as deeply hypochondriack as Heraclitus, that bewailed them. Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend The doctrines of Democritus will be found again in those of Epicurus and Lucretius. Initiation into Philosophy Atomists, or the disciples of Democritus, who attribute every thing, to the concurrence of atoms. The System of Nature, Volume 2 Democritus was the founder of the Atomists, who made all things spring out of the motions and combinations of primitive atoms. Outline of Universal History The Democritus referred to was a famous Greek philosopher, born about 470 B.C., who taught the atomic theory. Selections from Poe Democritus further supposed that the inclination of the flat earth to the ecliptic was due to the greater weight of the southern parts owing to the exuberant vegetation. History of Astronomy Nor do you mutter, I pray you, at what Plato, Anaxagoras, and Democritus have said. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 Other philosophers belonging to Iona or Elea may be referred to these schools, as Heraclitus, Empedocles, Democritus, and Anaxagoras, whose doctrines, however, vary from those of the representatives of the philosophical systems above named. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Lange, in his History of Materialism, sets down Epicurus as a disciple and imitator of Democritus. Youth and Egolatry Democritus was in no way a modern experimental scientist, but he met the Eleatic metaphysics with another set of speculative considerations which happened to be nearer what is now regarded as the truth than theirs. The Mind in the Making The Relation of Intelligence to Social Reform There will be a rare battle, he said, and a bloody one, coming off between two Scholastics; ten such men as Democritus would find enough to laugh over till they were tired. Life of Luther Anaximander has taught me that the universe came from some primitive substance; Leucippus and Democritus spoke to me of empty space with primitive corpuscles or atoms. Historical Miniatures Both were content to fall back for their physics upon the pre-Socratic schools, the one adopting the firm philosophy of Heraclitus, the other the atomic theory of Democritus. Guide to Stoicism Was it not he who wished to burn the works of Democritus of Abdera, most exact and reasonable of old sages? Old Calabria Democritus, Epicurus, and other Greeks presumed to tear away the veil of prejudice, and to deliver philosophy from theological shackles. Good Sense They have during the last eighty years made an enormous addition to the sum of that knowledge, but they have not, since Democritus, taken away one hair's-breadth from the Mystery which lies behind. Reflections and Comments 1865-1895 Democritus, in truth, was wise; The mass were mad, with faith in lies. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes The fame of Democritus has sustained a singular fortune. Lives of the Necromancers In such rule consists the welfare of the state; and this made the ancient philosopher, Democritus, say that reward and punishment were true gods. History of the Philippine Islands Among the rest was Democritus, who made the world a chance, and Diogenes, and Heraclitus, &c. and Dioscorides, the good gatherer of simples. Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 1 Democritus hearing this poor excuse, laughed again aloud, perceiving he wholly mistook him, and did not well understand what he had said concerning perturbations and tranquillity of the mind. The Anatomy of Melancholy The latter was disciple to the former only because in early life he adopted some of Democritus's philosophy. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes Democritus was in reality one of the most disinterested characters on record in the pursuit of truth. Lives of the Necromancers Sometimes, indeed, it happens that a philosopher's fame outlives even his works themselves; as has happened with Thales, Empedocles, Heraclitus, Democritus, Parmenides, Epicurus and many others. The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; The Art of Literature He was a Materialist, explaining the world by the atomic theory of Democritus and denying any divine government of the universe. A History of Freedom of Thought Alas, worthy Democritus, every man hopes the best, and to that end he doth it, and therefore no such cause, or ridiculous occasion of laughter. The Anatomy of Melancholy Then an atheist, or even a deist, and indeed a materialist of the school of Democritus and Lucretius, was unknown. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 08 Great Rulers Democritus might resolve the material universe--the earth, the sun, and the stars--into combinations produced by the motion of atoms. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations To which questions I might reply, as Democritus did to him that asked the definition of a man, "'Tis that which we all see and know." Life of Johnson, Volume 4 1780-1784 The sound of the flute was likewise a specific for the bite of a viper, according to Theophrastus and Democritus, whose authority Aulus Gellius gives for his belief of the fact. Thaumaturgia Democritus did well to laugh of old, Good cause he had, but now much more; This life of ours is more ridiculous Than that of his, or long before. The Anatomy of Melancholy Democritus of Abdera treated of the contact of circles and spheres, and of irrational lines and solids. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. The names and circumstantial details might stagger a Democritus, till a moment's thought showed him the despicable trick. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 In the fragments of two of the four books of Democritus we have probably the earliest treatise on chemical matters we are ever likely to get hold of. Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus It was now about time to return to earth, and so Empedocles and Democritus came along with their Atoms; thereby provoking Anaxagoras into bringing in Soul to explain things. Without Prejudice Laugh, O Democritus, as much as you please, Unless you see nothing either vain or foolish. The Anatomy of Melancholy We may in general do, suspend, or omit the act of faith Nay, we may do by the eye of our faith, what some report Democritus did by his bodily eyes. Fletcher of Madeley It goes from Democritus and the rest to the Epicureans, and then the Stoics, who tried to reconcile it with popular theological ideas, just as was done by the Christian Fathers. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 Whether it is the work of Democritus or of a much later writer is uncertain. Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus There is nothing new in the hypothesis—it is no more original than the doctrine of evolution, which was skilfully enough handled by Democritus, and probably by many another before him. Ardath Thus Democritus esteemed of the world in his time, and this was the cause of his laughter: and good cause he had. The Anatomy of Melancholy That the philosophy of Democritus is not less different from ours than from the common. The Selections from the Principles of Philosophy Between the presses, on pedestals of dark green serpentine, ranged busts of the Greek philosophers: Zeno with his brows knitted, Epicurus bland, Aratus gazing upward, Heraclitus in tears, Democritus laughing. Veranilda I sit like Raphael-Aben-Ezra—at the 'Bottom of the Abyss,' but, unlike him, I am no Democritus to jest over my position. Beulah The philosopher Democritus very properly on this account knocked his eyes out in order to catch objects in a juster light with his mind's eye. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 12 [Supplement] At this present I have no more to say; His sanam mentem Democritus, I can but wish myself and them a good physician, and all of us a better mind. The Anatomy of Melancholy The philosophies and sciences of Aristotle, Plato, Democritus, Hippocrates, of most vigour at first, by time degenerated and imbased. Valerius Terminus; of the interpretation of nature Anaxagoras and Democritus, that it is a solid, condensed, and fiery body, in which there are flat countries, mountains, and valleys. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies The scientific heritage of Heracleitus passed into the hands neither of Plato nor of Aristotle, but into those of Democritus. Evolution and Ethics I didn't know about this, when I spoke to your man Democritus. Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero They philosophers, indeed! worthy disciples of Democritus; who DID nothing but laugh, and WAS nothing but a buffoon. My Ten Years' Imprisonment You remember the saying, Democritus I think: 'each man's nature or character is his fate or God'. The Patrician Democritus, that it is like a quoit externally, and hollow in the middle. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies Lice killed Democritus; and Socrates, another sort of vermin, wicked ungodly men. Meditations Now the rival philosophers, who direct the Unions, are all against Democritus—that's myself; they set no value on life. Put Yourself in His Place An abject superstition which Democritus or Anaxagoras would have rejected with scorn, added the last disgrace to the long dotage of the Stoic and Platonic schools. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 The very year which saw the birth of Democritus at Abdera, and of Hippocrates, marked also the birth, at Athens, of another remarkable man, whose influence it would scarcely be possible to over-estimate. A History of Science — Volume 1 Democritus, that it is a fiery composition of things which are perceptible by reason alone, the same having their forms spherical and without an inflaming faculty; and it is a body. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies Epicureans, a sect of philosophers founded by Epicurus, who "combined the physics of Democritus," i.e. the atomic theory, "with the ethics of Aristippus." Meditations I ceased to be the Democritus, or laughing philosopher of Hillsborough, and became a low uneducated brute of a workman. Put Yourself in His Place He labours to clear Democritus from the disgraceful imputation of having made the first arch, and Anacharsis from the charge of having contrived the potter's wheel. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 The main purpose of Hero in his preliminary thesis has to do with the nature of matter, and recalls, therefore, the studies of Anaxagoras and Democritus. A History of Science — Volume 1 Democritus and Epicurus divide the soul into two parts, the one rational, which bath its residence in the breast, and the irrational, which is diffused through the whole structure of the body. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies The early physiologists had generally written in verse; the prose writers, like Democritus and Anaxagoras, as far as we can judge from their fragments, never attained to a periodic style. Timaeus There the Democritus of Hillsborough often sat and smoked his cigar, and watched the progress toward perfection of projected inventions great and small. Put Yourself in His Place Dissection—already practiced by Alcmaeon, Democritus, Diogenes and others—was conducted on a large scale, but the human body was still taboo. The Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913 The atom, as Democritus conceived it, was monistic; all atoms, according to this hypothesis, are of the same substance; one atom differs from another merely in size and shape, but not at all in quality. A History of Science — Volume 1 Democritus, that the quality of the soul is communicated to everything, yea, to the dead corpses; for they are partakers of heat and some sense, when the most of both is expired out of them. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies But he does not explain the process by which surfaces become solids; and he characteristically ridicules Democritus for not seeing that the worlds are finite and not infinite. Timaeus A generation later the famous Democritus came nearer than any to the truth. The Story of Evolution Democritus,who maintained the world to have been formed by the fortuitous concourse of atoms. v. Divine Comedy, Cary's Translation, Complete We shall be nearer, in that the conception of Democritus was, in a sense, monistic; farther away, in that all the atoms of Democritus, large and small alike, were considered as permanently fixed in size. A History of Science — Volume 1 Epicurus and Democritus, the soul is mortal, and it perisheth with the body. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies What is this but the atoms of Democritus and the triangles of Plato? Timaeus Modern science rediscovered the atoms of Democritus, analysed the universe into innumerable swarms of these tiny particles, and then showed how the infinite variety of things could be built up by their combinations. The Story of Evolution And Metrodorus says openly of philosophy, If Democritus had not gone before and taught the way, Epicurus had never attained to wisdom. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies In other words, the atom of Democritus is nothing less than the primordial seed of Anaxagoras, a little more tangibly visualized and given a distinctive name. A History of Science — Volume 1 Democritus says that dreams are formed by the illapse of adventitious representations. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies Democritus said that God, being a globe of fire, is the intelligence and the soul of the world. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies The way in which they brought their atoms together was wrong, but the genius of Democritus had provided the germ of another sound theory to the students of a more enlightened age. The Story of Evolution The ancient philosophers held that the mixture of elements proceeded from the alteration of qualities; but the disciples of Anaxagoras and Democritus say it is done by apposition. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies But precisely the same postulates are made of the atom of Democritus. A History of Science — Volume 1 Thales and Democritus assign the cause of earthquakes to water. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies Democritus and Epicurus suppose that sight is caused by the insertion of little images into the visive organ, and by the reception of certain rays which return to the eye after meeting the object. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies Democritus and Epicurus, that the specular appearances are made by the subsistence of the images which flow from our eyes; these fall upon the mirror and remain, while the light returns to the eye. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies Leucippus and Democritus cover the world round about, as with a garment and membrane. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies It is suggested that he was a wanderer, like most philosophers of his time, and that later in life he came to Abdera, in Thrace, and through this circumstance became the teacher of Democritus. A History of Science — Volume 1 Anaxagoras, Democritus, and Cleanthes say that all the stars have their motion from east to west. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies Democritus, that it proceeds from all the parts of the body, and chiefly from the principal parts, as the tissues and muscles. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies The followers of Democritus aver that the vacuum, the atom, and the incorporeal substance are the first beings, and not obnoxious to passions. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies Parmenides and Democritus, that there is nothing in the world but what is necessary, and that this same necessity is otherwise called fate, justice, providence, and the architect of the world. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies And if we mistake not, this case of the atom of Democritus is precisely a case in point. A History of Science — Volume 1 Leucippus and Democritus, that sense and intelligence arise from external images; so neither of them can operate without the assistance of image falling upon us. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies Democritus makes it to be a resistance, impulse, and force of matter. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies Democritus, Epicurus, and their scholar Metrodorus affirm that there are infinite worlds in an infinite space, for that infinite vacuum in its whole extent contains them. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies Democritus, that there is but one sort of motion, and it is that which is vibratory. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies To have forecast even dimly this newest phase of chemical knowledge, across the abyss of centuries, is indeed a feat to put Democritus in the front rank of thinkers. A History of Science — Volume 1 Strato and Democritus, that the essential power is a body; for it is like spirit. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies Anaxagoras and Democritus, that two or more stars being in conjunction by their united light make a comet. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies Democritus, that it is the splendor which ariseth from the coalition of many small bodies, which, being firmly united amongst themselves, do mutually enlighten one another. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies Democritus, that the fixed stars are in the highest place; after those the planets; after these the sun, Venus, and the moon, in order. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies They tend to substantiate our conviction that Democritus must rank below Anaxagoras as a devotee of pure science. A History of Science — Volume 1 Democritus and Epicurus consider all animals rational which have their residence in the heavens. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies Democritus, that there are divers species of senses, which appertain to beings destitute of reason, to the gods, and to wise men. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies For the Naxians, says he, sent three ships to the assistance of the barbarians; but Democritus, one of their captains, persuaded the others to take the party of the Greeks. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies But Epicurus says, that he supposes the same principles with Democritus, but that he says not that color, sweet, white, and other qualities, are by law and ordinance. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies Democritus, of Abdera," says Aristotle, "and some others, that have spoken concerning respiration, have determined nothing concerning other animals, but seem to have supposed that all animals respire. A History of Science — Volume 1 Plato and Democritus place its residence in the whole head. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies No indeed; but yet much farther in his second reprehension, without any way minding it, he drives Epicurus and Democritus out of this life. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies I confess indeed, that Plato, Aristotle, Theophrastus and Democritus contradicted those who went before them; but never durst any man besides Colotes set forth with such an insolent title as this against all at once. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies For, let it be clearly understood, the Daltonian atom is not precisely comparable with the atom of Democritus. A History of Science — Volume 1 We mean, of course, the atomic theory of Leucippus and Democritus. A History of Science — Volume 1 Here, that he may convince Democritus of ignorance, he says, that the superficies are neither equal or unequal, but that the bodies are unequal, because the superficies are neither equal nor unequal. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies The fables and traditions of a later day asserted that Democritus had voluntarily put out his own eyes that he might turn his thoughts inward with more concentration. A History of Science — Volume 1 But this estimate should not blind us to the fact that the pre-vision of Democritus was but a slight elaboration of a theory which had its origin with another thinker. A History of Science — Volume 1 The association between Anaxagoras and Democritus cannot be directly traced, but it is an association which the historian of ideas should never for a moment forget. A History of Science — Volume 1 Democritus, like most others of the early Greek thinkers, lives in tradition as a picturesque figure. A History of Science — Volume 1 But Favorinus himself, though in all other things he admires Aristotle exceedingly and thinks the Peripatetic philosophy to be most probable, yet in this case resolved to scour up an old musty opinion of Democritus. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies These chance bits of biography are weather-vanes of the mind of Democritus. A History of Science — Volume 1 Yet we dare suggest that in their enthusiasm for the atomic theory of Democritus the historians of our generation have done something less than justice to that philosopher's precursor, Anaxagoras. A History of Science — Volume 1 From the northern shores of the aegean came Lucippus, Democritus, and Aristotle. A History of Science — Volume 1 Yet the term "laughing philosopher," which seems to have been universally applied to Democritus, suggests a mind not altogether withdrawn from the world of practicalities. A History of Science — Volume 1 When I had thus said, Ammonius began: Perhaps it will look like a ridiculous attempt in us, to endeavor to confute Democritus and correct Anaxagoras. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies Democritus called his primordial element an atom; Anaxagoras, too, conceived a primordial element, but he called it merely a seed or thing; he failed to christen it distinctively. A History of Science — Volume 1 It owed a debt of gratitude to Democritus for supplying it the word, but it somewhat overpaid the debt in too closely linking the new meaning of the word with its old original one. A History of Science — Volume 1 All in all, then, just as Anaxagoras preceded Democritus in time, so must he take precedence over him also as an inductive thinker, who carried the use of the scientific imagination to its farthest reach. A History of Science — Volume 1 And now the historians of philosophy became more than anxious to do justice to the memory of Democritus. A History of Science — Volume 1 Yet we know some of Democritus's scholars affirm that, other worlds being dissolved, some strange effluvia fall into ours, and are the principle of new plagues and uncommon diseases. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies Democritus, on the other hand, refused to recognize this barrier. A History of Science — Volume 1 Indeed, it was long questioned whether such a man had actually lived, or whether he were not really an invention of his alleged disciple, Democritus. A History of Science — Volume 1 |
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