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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 ...
However, many scholars argue that these maxims all originate from an original collection of sayings of Democritus, [1] [2] though others believe that there was a different little-known Democrates whose name became confused with the much better-known Democritus. [3] Thirty of the Golden Sayings are also found in Stobaeus attributed to Democritus ...
Euthymia (Greek: εὐθυμία, "gladness, good mood, serenity"—literally "good thumos") is a central concept in the moral thoughts of Democritus, who presents it as an ideal disposition of mind corresponding to a form of equanimity, a calm affectivity and relative steadiness of the soul.
The imagery arises from a translation of an aphorism of the philosopher Democritus, "Of truth we know nothing, for truth is in a well". [1] Greek ἐτεῇ δὲ οὐδὲν ἴδμεν: ἐν βυθῷ γὰρ ἡ ἀλήθεια, eteêi dè oudèn ídmen: en buthô gàr hē alḗtheia , [literally] "in reality we know nothing; for the truth ...
Free will in antiquity is a philosophical and theological concept. Free will in antiquity was not discussed in the same terms as used in the modern free will debates, but historians of the problem have speculated who exactly was first to take positions as determinist, libertarian, and compatibilist in antiquity. [1]
The thesis is a comparative study on atomism of Democritus and Epicurus on contingency and dedicated to Marx's friend, mentor, and future father-in-law, Ludwig von Westphalen. Francis Wheen describes it as "a daring and original piece of work in which Marx set out to show that theology must yield to the superior wisdom of philosophy". [1]
Malone Dies is a novel by Samuel Beckett.It was first published in 1951, in French, as Malone meurt, and later translated into English by the author.. Malone Dies contains the famous line, "Nothing is more real than nothing" – a metatextual echo of Democritus's "Naught is more real than nothing," which is referenced in Beckett's first published novel, Murphy (1938).
[1] [2] Seneca lauds Democritus in relation to his treatise on the subject, [3] and states that he will use the Latin word tranquillitas as a rough translation of euthymia. [4] Writing a little later than Seneca, Plutarch wrote a similar work, described in the 1589 translation as, "a philosophical treatise concerning the quietness of the mind". [5]