Democritus
by Paul Cartledge
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The Renaissance's 'Laughing Philosopher': ourown age's 'prophet of quark': throughout modern philosophical traditions, Democritushas been a man little known beyond his labels. Yet if the image of the cheerful ironist understates his true seriousness, that of father of modern nuclear physics - though by no means entirely unfounded - loses sight of the man in the hyperbole. Flattering as it is, it fails to do justice either to the full range of Democritus' interests or to the astonishing show more originality of his ideas as Paul Cartledge makes clear in this enthralling book. show lessTags
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54 page book about the life and opinions of the ancient Greek philosopher Democritus. I'm glad to have read this book, but am unlikely to go any more deeply into the subject. Democritus lived so long ago, and so little that is certainly his work has survived, the fact that he was the original atomist is not enough to keep my interest.
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Paul Cartledge is A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture Emeritus at the University of Cambridge. He is an honorary citizen of modern Sparta and holds the Gold Cross of the Order of Honor awarded by the President of Greece. His previous books include The Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient Greece, The Spartans, Alexander the Great, show more Thermopylae, Ancient Greece, and After Thermopylae: The Oath of Plataea and the End of the Graeco-Persian Wars. show less
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- Canonical title
- Democritus
- Original title
- Democritus
- Original publication date
- 1999-07-28
- Quotations
- "Whoever wishes to be content in life should not engage in many activities, either public or private, nor do anything beyond his ability and nature"
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- Genres
- Philosophy, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Science & Nature, History, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 182.7 — Philosophy & psychology Ancient, medieval & eastern philosophy Pre-Socratic Greek philosophies Democritus
- LCC
- B298 .C37 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Philosophy (General) By period Ancient
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- Languages
- English, Finnish, Greek, Portuguese
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- Paper
- ISBNs
- 5
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