Democritus

    Democritus

    Image 1 Caption and Image 2 Caption: "Democritus (c.460--c.370 BCE) meditating on the seat of the soul (clay model 1868; marble 1875) by Leon-Alexandre Delhomme (1841--1893 or 1895)." (Slightly edited.)

    The sculpture is a marble statue currently located in Parc Jean-Rameau, Mont-de-Marsan, France.

    Democritus was the foremost exponent of atomism among the ancient Greek philosophers.

    He is considered a Presocratic philosopher even though he was probably born only about 10 years after Socrates (469?--399 BCE) and died well after him.

    Yours truly has added the myth that Democritus (who as a materialist) married Psyche (ψυχη), the personification of soul, who is also the mythical Psyche.

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    1. Credit/Permission: © User:Jean-Louis Lascoux, 2008 / Creative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0.
      Image link: Wikipedia: File:Democrite.JPG.
    2. Credit/Permission: © Mathilde Hospital, before or circa 2017 (uploaded to Wikimedia Commons by User:Solnm, 2017) / CC BY-SA 4.0.
      Image link: Wikimedia Commons: Fichier:Démocrite méditant sur le siège de l'âme, Léon-Alexandre Delhomme.jpg.
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