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Democritus Research Paper

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Democritus had been a founding father of the atomic theory which made him an influential figure in the field of science. He was a greek philosopher who had been born around 460 BCE in Abdera, Thrace. He had been a key figure in the production of the atomic theory and was also responsible for the footing of the Epicurean philosophy. Democritus had been born into a wealthy family which allowed him an education. Because of this he was able to study in the fields of medicine, ethics, physics, music, mathematics, astronomy, cosmology, and metaphysics. He had only been known to have one teacher, Leucippus, who had also been a greek scholar that had taught Democritus the essentials of atomism. Due to Democritus’s education and inheritance, he
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