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.” | |