Democritus

Democritus

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Democritus (Greek:) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher (born at Abdera in Thrace ca. 460 BC). Democritus was a student of Leucippus and...
Epicurus

Epicurus

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Epicurus (Greek) (341 BC, Samos - 270 BC, Athens) was an ancient Greek philosopher and the founder of Epicureanism, a popular school of thought in...

Leucippus

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Leucippus or Leukippos (Greek:, first half of 5th century BC) was among the earliest philosophers of atomism, the idea that everything is composed...
Pierre Gassendi

Pierre Gassendi

male, deceased (1655)
Pierre Gassendi (January 22, 1592 - October 24, 1655) was a French philosopher, scientist, astronomer/astrologer, and mathematician, best known for...

John Henry

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John Henry is a Historian of Science in the Science Studies Unit at the University of Edinburgh associated with the Strong Programme. He has...
Melissus Of Samos

Melissus Of Samos

Melissus of Samos was a Samian statesman and naval commander who also contributed to philosophy, and bore influence upon the atomism of Leucippus...

Andrew Pyle

male, 54 years old
Andrew Pyle (born 17 March 1955) is a British philosopher who is an expert on the history of philosophical atomism. Pyle is currently a Reader in...
Hero Of Alexandria

Hero Of Alexandria

female, deceased (70)
Hero (or Heron) of Alexandria was a Hellenistic engineer and geometer who flourished in Alexandria, Roman Egypt. Among his most famous inventions...

Dharmakirti

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Dharmakirti (circa 7th century), was an Indian scholar and one of the Buddhist founders of Indian philosophical logic. He was one of the primary...
Dan Jenkins

Dan Jenkins

male, 31 years old (the city that reads at a 4th grade level, Maryland, United States)
Suddenly suspicious of cornfields.