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THE founders of atomism were two, Leucippus and Democritus.
Bertrand Russell • History of Western Philosophy
The fundamental ideas of the common philosophy of Leucippus and Democritus were due to the former, but as regards the working out it is hardly possible to disentangle them, nor is it, for our purposes, important to make the attempt. Leucippus, if not Democritus, was led to atomism in the attempt to mediate between monism and pluralism, as represent
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Aristoteles evrendeki maddelerin hepsinin 4 temel elementten oluştuğuna inanırdı: Toprak, hava, ateş ve su. Bu elementleri de iki kuvvet etkiliyordu: Ağırlık toprağın ve suyun batma eğilimi, hafiflikse havanın ve ateşin yükselme eğilimiydi. Evrenin içeriğinin madde ve kuvvetler olarak ikiye ayrılması günümüzde de yaygınlığını koruyor.
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Democritus was a thorough-going materialist; for him, as we have seen, the soul was composed of atoms, and thought was a physical process.
Bertrand Russell • History of Western Philosophy
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An exploration of the discovery and history of the atom, including the theories and experiments that led to its understanding in chemistry.
gregbrockman.comCHAPTER IX The Atomists
Bertrand Russell • History of Western Philosophy
It was common in antiquity to reproach the atomists with attributing everything to chance. They were, on the contrary, strict determinists, who believed that everything happens in accordance with natural laws. Democritus explicitly denied that anything can happen by chance.VI Leucippus, though his existence is questioned, is known to have said one
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A practical guide to building agents
Guide to building AI agents using large language models, covering agent definition, use case selection, design components, single/multi-agent orchestration, tool integration, instruction setup, safety guardrails, and deployment best practices.
cdn.openai.comFor the geometer Pythagoras (c. 530 BC), living at Croton in Sicily, the key lay in number and harmony – and the dynamic balance of contraries, based on the opposition of odd and even. For Heraclitus (c. 540–475 BC) the true constant was change itself, in a macrocosm composed of fire and water; for Democritus (c. 460 BC), the essence was a flux of
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