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laughing philosopher democritus

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De⋅moc⋅ri⋅tus

[di-mok-ri-tuhs]
–noun
(“the Laughing Philosopher”) c460–370 b.c., Greek philosopher.
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Democritus   (dĭ-mŏk'rĭ-təs)  Pronunciation Key 
Greek philosopher who developed one of the first atomist theories of the universe. Democritus believed that the world consists of an infinite number of very small particles whose different characteristics and combinations account for the different qualities of all matter.
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