Democritus

Now that he had figured out all this about gases, he wondered what gases were made of. 2000 years before, the same question was asked and answered by Democritus. He called them atoms but no one knew of his statement was true. It was now Dalton’s quest to find it out. (“John Dalton”). Dalton eventually came to an agreement with Democritus. He said that gas was made of atoms and what atoms were made of. A few years afterward, a man named Amedeo Avogadro came back and changed some of…

Development of the atomic theory throughout history Abstract This paper will explain many concepts of the atomic theory. It will also include very important information that involves 15 scientists and their contributions to the atomic theory. There are many different models that scientists constructed, that they believed atoms looked like. There are only 5 atomic models that have ever been accepted. Our perspective on the atom has changed throughout the years…

Beaujorne Sirad A. Ramirez Philo 201 The Implication of the Presocratic Philosophy In the contemporary times, scientists have been exploring the beginning of everything. From the Big Bang theory and the Theory of Evolution, scientists searched and analyzed the universe and the possibility (and impossibility) of coming from nothing and the hereditary lineage as animals from monkeys. The very idea of beginning shows the very origin that will make people understand their very selves and why…

Why is it important to Learn about ancient Greece? A quote by writer Vadim Kotelnikov once said, “If you stop learning, you stop creating history and become history.” Ancient Greece is a huge part of history. The legacies they left behind have helped us develop into the society that we are today- advanced, modern and knowledgeable. We no longer rely on myths, gods or goddesses to blame or thank for our everyday lives. On the other hand, they certainly left incredible and valuable knowledge that…

The extent of Plato’s knowledge of mathematics is made apparent through his use of the subject within his written works. In Ion, an early dialog of Plato 's, Socrates uses analogical argument to get his point across. The thing that makes these arguments suitable for this paper is that they heavily rely on mathematics for the source of the example (Roochnik, p. 548). In Elenchus and Mathematics: A Turning-Point in Plato 's Philosophical Development, Vlastos gives a translated version of a…

The atomic theory was proposed by a chemist named John Dalton, but it was first discovered by a Greek philosopher named Democritus in 400 BCE. Democritus stated that matter was made of small hard particles called atomos. John Dalton’s theory can be called modern because it can be proven through experiments. John Dalton pointed out some major details about the atomic theory; All matter is composed of very small particles called atoms, atoms of a given element are identical, atoms can’t be…

If You Want to Be Remembered, You Must Leave Something Behind “Nothing like us ever was.” This quote from “Four Preludes on Playthings of the Wind” by Carl Sandburg highlights the belief that all things must come to an end. This poem describes a city at its peak, engulfed in great riches, crumbling down to nothing but ruins. Through this, Sandburg exemplifies materialism, a belief that everything is made up of matter, and nothing exists beyond the physical world. “Four Preludes on Playthings of…

in the late 1800’s with John Dalton an ancient Greek. The mass number is the same number of particles in the nucleus, which is sometimes referred to as Dalton (DA). (Book) Democritus stated that all matter was made up of atoms, which he called atomos. (Early Ideas Prezi) Aristotle seemed to disagree with him. Democritus said that atoms moved through empty space, which Aristotle said did not exist. (Early Ideas Prezi) These experiments were the fundamental building blocks needed to come up…

optics which are more or less in line with modern principles, but many held firmly to ideas which are at odds with the current understanding of reality. I discuss extramission theory (a hallmark of Greek optical science), the work of the atomists Democritus and Leucippus who rejected it and presented compelling (but flawed) alternative frameworks, the contrasting views of pivotal (and ubiquitous) philosophers Plato and Aristotle, Euclid’s highly mathematical and geometric treatment of optics,…

senses give Man access to infallible certainty. (Apology xxiv-xxv) Screech’s thesis is also borne out by the textual analysis – Lucretius, Democritus and Epicurus comprise 19% of the philosophical references in the Apology versus fewer than 10% in the entirety of the Essays. However, by the final essay, there is not a single mention of Lucretius nor of Democritus. However, Screech also rejects Montaigne as a religious sceptic; a man who is subtly mocking organized religion throughout the…