Democritus: References & Edit History
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C.C.W. Taylor, The Atomists, Leucippus and Democritus: Fragments: A Text and Translation with a Commentary (2010), originally published 1999; Paul Cartledge, Democritus (1999); David Furley, The Greek Cosmologists (1987), vol. 1 of a projected 2 vol. study; Jonathan Barnes, The Presocratic Philosophers, rev. ed. (1982).
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Article History
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| Modified link of Web site: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Democritus. | Oct 25, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: IOPscience - Journal of Physics: Conference series - Democritus and Aristotle: Are there atoms and empty space? (PDF). | Oct 02, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: California Institute of Technology - The California Tech - Democritus: The Atomic Visionary Whispering Through Caltechs Labs. | May 07, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 10, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: PhilArchive - Democritus. | Dec 03, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Philosophy Now - Democritus: Empirical Rationalist. | Oct 30, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Notre Dame - Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews - Democritus: Science, the Arts, and the Care of the Soul. | Sep 20, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Humanist Heritage - Democritus (c. 460-370 BCE). | Jul 12, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Humanist Heritage - Democritus (c. 460-370 BCE). | Jul 12, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Linda Hall Library - Democritus of Abdera. | May 16, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Encyclopedia Romana - Democritus. | Apr 04, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 27, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Harvard University - Democrites. | Dec 14, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Western Kentucky University - Jan Edward Garret - The Atomism of Democritus. | Nov 03, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Chemistry LibreTexts - Democritus' Idea of the Atom. | Jul 13, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Democritus and his Influence on Classical Political Economy (PDF). | Feb 11, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Basics of Philosophy - Biography of Democritus. | Dec 30, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Scientists - Democritus. | May 02, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Philosophers - Democritus. | Feb 19, 2021 | ||
| Deleted video. | Jan 14, 2020 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 13, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Mathematicians - Biography of Democritus. | Feb 26, 2019 | ||
| Changed "atoms are eternal and invisible" to "atoms are eternal and indivisible." | Jul 25, 2018 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 24, 2017 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 13, 2015 | ||
| New bibliography added. | Feb 13, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Democritus. | Jan 24, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: European Graduate School - Biography of Democritus. | Apr 12, 2013 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 19, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Biography of Democritus. | Nov 12, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive - Biography of Albrecht D�rer. |
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| Added new Web site: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Democritus. | Jun 26, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Democritus. | Jun 14, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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