Leucippus
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Leucippus was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher. He is traditionally credited as the founder of atomism, which he developed with his student Democritus. Leucippus divided the world into two entities: a
Leucippus, as imagined by the 17th-century painter Luca Giordano
A 1773 line engraving of Leucippus
Eleatics
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The Eleatics were a group of pre-Socratic philosophers and school of thought in the 5th century BC centered around the ancient Greek colony of Elea, located around 80 miles south-east of Naples in sou
Leucippus
…particles that make up all things, and the void, the nothingness that exists between the atoms. He developed his philosophy as a response to the Eleatics, who believed that all things are one and the void does not exist. Leucippus's ideas were influential in ancient and Renaissance philosophy. Leucippus…
Bust of Parmenides, considered to be the founder of Eleatic philosophy