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democritus
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What does democritus mean?
proper noun
- A Greek philosopher (c.460-c.370 BC). The originator of the atomic theory together with his teacher Leucippus.
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Leucippus and Democritus imagined unchanging eternal atoms, Heracleitus held that all things were in a continual state of flux--Panta rei.
In the nests of Arabian birds was the aspilates, that, according to Democritus, kept the wearer from any danger by fire.
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It is not, as Democritus said, hid in the bottom of the deeps, but rather elevated to an infinite height in the divine knowledge.
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.
Dissection--already practiced by Alcmaeon, Democritus, Diogenes and others--was conducted on a large scale, but the human body was still taboo.