The Philosophy Of Democritus And The Atomists

The Presocratic philosopher Democritus couldn't help but laugh at the follies of mankind, this propensity would gain him the moniker "the laughing philosopher." Join me in discovering perhaps the most profound philosopher prior to Pericelan Greece. The Atomic theory of matter that was propounded by the Atomists still, to this day, remains the greatest feat of reason of that era. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/letstalkphilosophy/ Music: Birth of a Hero - Bensound.com References: The History of Western Philosophy - Bertrand Russell 101 Great Philosophers - Madsen Pirie Philosophy 101 - Paul Kleinman Readings in Ancient Greek Philosophy (Third Edition) - Cohen, Curd, Reeve, EDS. Website - https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/democritus/ CC Attributions: Italian Renaissance - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Italian_Renaissance_montage.png Thrace Map - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Odrysian_kingdom_of_Thrace_%26_Environs_(English).svg Parmenides Bust - https://en.w