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AVDIRA (Ancient city) XANTHI
Before B.C. 400 Democritus of Abdera discussed the vocabulary of Homer, and is even said to have compiled an Homeric dictionary.
In this paper, I am trying to examine the theories of Leucippus and Democritus, the Atomists, in respect to the writings of Aristotle and to see what Aristotle thought about these theories.
Democritus of Abdera, commonly known as the Laughing Philosopher, probably because he did not consider the study of truth inconsistent with a cheerful countenance, believed and taught that all bodies were continually throwing off certain images like themselves, which subtle emanations, striking on our bodily organs, gave rise to our sensations.
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