Democritus of Abdera, c. 460 BC - c. 370 BC. Prominent Greek philosopher of Socrates' time who developed the atomistic worldview first proposed by Leucippus. 1. Atomism - S. Marc Cohen's lecture notes on Democritus, considering this thinker in the broader context of Presocratic and Socratic thought. 2. Democritus - Article by J.J. O'Connor and E.F. Robertson, from the MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive. Emphasizes this philosopher's work in physics and geometry. 3. Democritus - Article from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, summarizing this thinker's life and teachings. 4. Democritus of Abdera - An short introduction to this ancient atomistic thinker. 5. Drury University - Democritus - Brief discussion of Democritus' ideas. 6. Works of Democritus - This classical Greek thinker's fragments, arranged by subject. Adapted from the 1948 Freeman translation. 7. Democritus - Article from the NodeWorks Encyclopedia openly-edited encyclopedia.

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