At 12:48 am 19-10-04 EDT, you wrote:
>In a message dated 10/19/2004 12:37:47 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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>> Did he really believe that?
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>I believe so.
With all respect, I think you may be mistaken.
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Democritus expanded the atomic theory of Leucippus.
He maintained the impossibility of dividing things
ad infinitum. From the difficulty of assigning a
beginning of time, he argued the eternity of existing
nature, of void space, and of motion. He supposed
the atoms, which are originally similar, to be
impenetrable and have a density proportionate to
their volume.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/d/democrit.htm
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Mind you, I think what you believe he believed is a much
better idea than what he actually did believe. Atoms which
are relatively atomic, rather than absolutely atomic. A
bit like temperature really. 8-)
Little atoms have tiny atoms,
Within, which must delight 'em,
And tiny atoms have teeny atoms,
So on, ad infinitem
Grimer
