Leucippus - Wikipedia
Leucippus (/ l uː ˈ s ɪ p ə s /; Λεύκιππος, Leúkippos; fl. 5th century BCE) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher. He is traditionally credited as the founder of atomism, which he developed with his student Democritus.
Leucippus - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Aug 14, 2004 · The Greek tradition regarded Leucippus as the founder of atomism in ancient Greek philosophy. Little is known about him, and his views are hard to distinguish from those of his associate Democritus.
Leucippus | Atomist, Pre-Socratic, Monist | Britannica
Leucippus (flourished 5th century bc, probably at Miletus, on the west coast of Asia Minor) was a Greek philosopher credited by Aristotle and by Theophrastus with having originated the theory of atomism.
Leucippus and Democritus - Encyclopedia.com
Leucippus and Democritus were the earliest Greek atomists. The originator of the atomic theory, Leucippus (fifth century BCE), must be considered a speculative thinker of the first order, but to Democritus (c. 460 – c. 370 BCE) must go the credit for working out the detailed application of the theory and supporting it with a subtle ...
Leucippus - Encyclopedia.com
Jun 11, 2018 · Leucippus (fl. Greece, fifth century B.C.), Philosophy. The first of the Greek atomists, Leucippus was probably the founder of the school of Abdera, whose most famous exponent was Democritus.
Ancient Atomism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Aug 23, 2005 · For works on atomism in the Indian philosophical traditions, on Leucippus, Democritus, Epicurus, Lucretius, al-Rāzī, Islamic and Renaissance atomism, see primarily the relevant articles in this encyclopedia.
Leucippus - New World Encyclopedia
Leucippus or Leukippos (first half of the fifth century B.C.E.) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, and the founder of atomism.
LEUCIPPUS (Leukippos) - Elean Prince of Greek Mythology
LEUCIPPUS (Leukippos), the son of Oenomaüs, king of Pisa. He was in love with Daphne and approached her in the disguise of a maiden and thus hunted with her. But Apollo's jealousy caused his discovery during the bath, and he was killed by the nymphs.
The Atomist Philosophers of Ancient Greece: Leucippus
Jun 2, 2024 · A group of three ancient Greek philosophers, Leucippus, Democritus, and Epicurus, formed the core of the school of thought known as the Atomists. They believed that the substances making up the physical world were small, indivisible units they called “atoms.”
Leucippus (480 BC - 420 BC) - MacTutor History of Mathematics
Leucippus was a Greek philosopher who originated the atomic theory of indivisibles developed later by Democritus. View one larger picture. Biography. Leucippus of Miletus carried on the scientific philosophy which had begun to become associated with Miletus.