Caption: Democritus (c.460--c.370 BCE), the laughing philosopher: painter and model Rembrandt (1606--1669)---Rembrandt made nearly 100 self-portraits (see Wikipedia: Self-portraits by Rembrandt)---talk about Narcissism---but arguably this painting is only accidentally a self-portrait since Rembrandt was being a model.
Democritus was the foremost theoretician 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.
Credit/Permission: Rembrandt (1606--1669)
circa 1628
(uploaded to Wikimedia Commons
by User:Aiko,
2007) /
Public domain.
Image link: Wikipedia:
File:Rembrandt laughing 1628.jpg.
Local file: local link: democritus_rembrandt.html.
File: Ancient Astronomy file:
democritus_rembrandt.html.
