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  2. Democritus - Wikipedia

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    Democritus (/ d ɪ ˈ m ɒ k r ɪ t ə s /, dim-OCK-rit-əs; Greek: Δημόκριτος, Dēmókritos, meaning "chosen of the people"; c. 460 – c. 370 BC) was an Ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher from Abdera, primarily remembered today for his formulation of an atomic theory of the universe. [2] Democritus wrote extensively on a wide ...

  3. 370 BC - Wikipedia

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    Year 370 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Tribunate of Capitolinus, Medullinus, Praetextatus, Cornelius, Volusus and Poplicola (or, less frequently, year 384 Ab urbe condita ).

  4. 460s BC - Wikipedia

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    460 BC. Democritus of Abdera, Greek philosopher (approximate year) (d. 370 BC) [7] Hippocrates of Cos, Greek physician (approximate year) (d. 375 BC) [8] Deaths

  5. List of agnostics - Wikipedia

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    Democritus (460 BC – 370 BC): Ancient Greek philosopher; influential pre-Socratic philosopher and pupil of Leucippus, who formulated an atomic theory for the cosmos [210] John Dewey (1859–1952): American philosopher, psychologist and educational reformer; his ideas have been influential in education and social reform [211]

  6. Timeline of Western philosophers - Wikipedia

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    Critias of Athens (c. 460 – 413 BC). Atheist writer and politician. Hippias (Middle of the 5th century BC). Sophist. Democritus of Abdera (c. 450 – 370 BC). Founding Atomist. Melissus of Samos. (c. 470 - 430 BC). Eleatic. Cratylus. Follower of Heraclitus. Antisthenes (c. 444 – 365 BC). Founder of Cynicism. Pupil of Socrates.

  7. 370s BC - Wikipedia

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    370 bc Marcus Valerius Corvus , Roman hero (d. c. 270 BC ) Theophrastus , Greek philosopher , a native of Eressos in Lesbos , the successor of Aristotle in the Peripatetic school (d. c. 285 BC ) Chanakya

  8. 460 BC - Wikipedia

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    Year 460 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Poplicola and Sabinus (or, less frequently, year 294 Ab urbe condita ). The denomination 460 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe ...

  9. List of theoretical physicists - Wikipedia

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    Kaṇāda (6th century BCE or 2nd century BCE) Thales (c. 624 – c. 546 BCE) Pythagoras^* (c. 570 – c. 495 BCE) Democritus° (c. 460 – c. 370 BCE) Aristotle‡ (384–322 BCE) Archimedesº* (c. 287 – c. 212 BCE) Ptolemy (c. 100 – c. 170 AD) Hypatia^ªº (c. 350–370; died 415 AD)