| The aptly named Democritus declared that the welfare of the state and the welfare of the citizen were inseparable. |
| In order to gain authority for this collection, he assigned it to the famous Democritus. |
| Epicurus adopted the atomic theory of Democritus, who taught that in a universe of colliding atoms there could be no room for divine activity. |
| The ancient atomists, like Leucippus and Democritus and Epicuris, believed that the world was made out of atoms. |
| He was not an atomist in the mould of Democritus, but he did conceive of atom-like fundamental particles of the four Empedoclean elements. |
| For, let it be clearly understood, the Daltonian atom is not precisely comparable with the atom of Democritus. |
