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...terialism dates back to ancient Greece, some 2 millennia and a half ago. [[Democritus]], who formulated, with [[Leucippus]], the atomist doctrine "had a remarkab | title = Democritus-scientific wizard of the 5th century bc

...er completing his doctoral thesis (which dealt with the atomic theories of Democritus and Epicurus), he turned to journalism and began writing for the ''Rheinisc

:*Leucippus (ca. 445 BCE) and Democritus (460-360 BCE), who rejected design in nature and described nature as a mach

...conjectured by the ancient Greek natural philosophers, [[Leucippus]] and [[Democritus]], and accepted by [[Robert Boyle]] and [[Isaac Newton]].

==Plato vs Democritus and atomism== Democritus � scientific wizard of the 5th century bc

...pocrates visited because of accusations of mental dysfunction and declared Democritus the sanest man in town &mdash; became “the emporium of the silver trade� ...nknown views of the father of modern medicine, Hippocrates and his teacher Democritus.] ''Hell J Nucl Med.'' 11(1):2-4. PMID 18392218</ref>

The [[Greek philosophy|Greek philosopher]] [[Democritus]] (450–370 BC) was the first known person to propose that the Milky Way m

...Britannica Online.</ref> [[Atomism|Atomists]] such as [[Leucippus]] and [[Democritus]] explained the world in a purely [[materialistic]] way, without reference

...nt policy]]. It was possible to write nuclear weapon without going back to Democritus.