Democritus

(460 BC-370 BC)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Democritus, ca. 460-ca. 370 B.C. LBT ID: Democ370 VIAF ID: 97431686 LOC ID: n79063465	B/BAP: -0460 DIED: -0370
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Pre-Socratic philosopher who developed a cosmology based on atoms; he was known as the “laughing philosopher.”
REFERENCES TO Democritus: Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter XII Found 1: ¶ 3