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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 ...
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]
470–370 Democritus [3] – Democritus distinguished between insufficient knowledge gained through the senses and legitimate knowledge gained through the intellect—an early stance on epistemology. 460 BC – 370 BCE – Hippocrates introduced principles of scientific medicine based upon naturalistic observation and logic, and denied the ...
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 ).
Democritus, (born 460 BC) Dirghatamas (14th century BCE) Deng Xi (501 BC) Diagoras, (5th century ... (370-319 BC) Yang Xiong ...
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)
624–546 BCE – Thales of Miletus: Introduced natural philosophy; 610–546 BCE – Anaximander: Concept of Earth floating in space [1] 460–370 BCE – Democritus: Atomism via thought experiment; 384–322 BCE – Aristotle: Aristotelian physics, earliest effective theory of physics [2] c. 300 BCE – Euclid: Euclidean geometry
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