Democritus

Democritus was an Greek philosopher born in Greece in 460 BC. He created an atomic theory for the universe. He was a mentor to Leucippus. He was ignored in ancient Athens, but he was well known to Aristotle. Plato didn't like Democritus and wished his books would burn. Democritus is known as the "father of modern science." Democritus worked in many fields including ethics, physics, math, and music. Democritus's point on void is the temporary unfilled places between atoms rather than it being absolute space. He is criticized by Aristotle for saying that the order of colliding atoms has no start, and for not giving an explanation of the existence of atomic motion, even though the first collision with another atom can tell the direction of each atomic motion. Democritus believed that atoms are different in size. Democritus said " by convention sweet and by convention bitter, by convention hot,by convention cold, by convention color, but in reality atoms and void."

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