Democritus

History of the Theory of Atoms Before the age of modern technology, theories of the atom were still created. Most notably was Democritus who was thought of as being the start of modern science when he first came up with the idea of the atom. It was not until J.J. Thomson changed the way atoms were understood with the discovery of the electron. It was not soon after when Ernst Rutherford disproved Thomson’s model with his gold foil experiment. Finally, Niels Bohr built off Rutherford’s gold foil…

with his parents, Neocles and Chairestrate. When Alexander the Great died, and the Athenians were expelled from Samos, he joined his father in Colophon on the Asiatic Coast, where he studied under Nausiphanes of Teos, where he was influenced by Democritus’ theory atomism and his concept “undisturbedness” as a fundamental goal in life. It was also in Colophon where Epicurus gathered students and returned to Athens and later developed his philosophy. According to Apollodorus,…

made it possible for other scientist to improve on their discoveries and change how the atom is seen as well see the impact of the different parts of the atom in our society. The atom was first thought about in 460 B.C by the Greek philosopher Democritus, he thought about it by asking the question: how many times can something be fold…

Upon the Maidens Complaint Against Coffee is a writer called Democritus. During the 1600s there was an author named John Crouch who used the pseudonym Mercurius Democritus to write under and just a short time prior to the publishing of The Coffee-Mans Grenado wrote a piece titled The Maidens Complaint. (Ellis, 2006) Considering this and the fact the dialogue's Democritus also had just published a book under the same name they this Democritus probably represents John Crouch. Since Armuthaz…

philosophers in Sophie's World was Democritus. Democritus discovered atoms, tiny invisible blocks he thought that everything was made of; eternal and immutable. Democritus was also a materialist, someone who believes that nothing exists but physical matter. The philosopher, Alberto Knox, has asked Sophie “Why is Lego the most ingenious toy in the world?” The next day, he sends her a green packet talking about Democritus. Lego blocks are a great deal like atoms. Democritus believed that some…

approximately 460 BC to present day 2015, human knowledge about atomic particles has drastically changed. Over the years, research has led to new discoveries involving atoms, subatomic particles, and quarks. Several philosophers including Leucippus, Democritus, Dalton, Thomson, Rutherford, and Gell-Mann have contributed to humanity 's vast knowledge about atomic particles. As technology develops, our perception of atomic particles continues to change. A number of Greek natural philosophers…

Democritus was born in Abdera, Thrace, in the 5th century BC. He travelled to the East while being the student of famous philosophers. His philosophical ideas and the establishment of particles, "the atoms", gave him a leading position in world history. However, his medical knowledge was vast especially in the field of pediatric pharmacology. Numerous are also the reports of his passion for anatomy. Democritus' views regarding the issue of Human Nature and…

definition of the soul too dualistic and Democritus’ too materialistic, what does he hold to be true about the soul? Aristotle proffers that the right definition of the soul lay in the mind of “the [philosopher] who mentions both form and matter” (box 332). In Aristotle’s view, soul and body are intertwined, and cannot be separated from one another. He provides an analogy to show the link between form and matter, and the ways in which both Plato and Democritus fail to account for such a link.…

Democritus (460-370 BCE) was a well known Greek philosopher and scientist during this time period. He was the first person to come up with the idea that matter was composed of indivisible, miniscule particles. He called these particles atomos, which is where the word atoms come from. Democritus believed that atoms could neither be destroyed nor created and believed that different atoms had unique…

The Influence of Parmenides Parmenides is often considered one of the most influential philosophers of the Pre-Socratic era. His views on the nature of the world has influenced and drawn refutations from many other philosophers and is still a topic today. The question that this paper seeks to answer is how Parmenides’ views on nature compares with the views of two philosophies that he directly influenced: that of Empedocles and the Atomists. Empedocles and the Atomists are often considered to be…