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  1. Bornc. 460 BC · Abdera, Thrace
    Diedc. 370 BC (aged approximately 90)
    Life

    Democritus was born in Abdera, on the coast of Thrace. He was a polymath and prolific writer, producing nearly eighty treatises on subjects such as poetry, harmony, military tactics, and Babylonian theology. H… See more

    Philosophy and science

    Democritus wrote on ethics as well as physics. Democritus was a student of Leucippus. Early sources such as Aristotle and Theophrastus credit Leucippus with creating atomism and sharing its ideas with Democritus… See more

    Works

    Diogenes Laertius attributes several works to Democritus, but none of them have survived in a complete form.
    Ethics Pythagoras, On the Disposition of the Wise Man, On the Things in Hades, Tritogenia, … See more

    Legacy

    Diogenes Laertius claims that Plato disliked Democritus so much that he wished to have all of his books burned. He was nevertheless well known to his fellow northern-born philosopher Aristotle, and was the tea… See more

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