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Atomic Philosophy
The hypothesis of Leucippus, Democritus, and Epicurus, that the
world is composed of a congeries of atoms, or particles of matter so
minute as to be incapable of further diminution.
Of course it is quite impossible even to think of a portion of matter
which has not an upper and under side, with some breadth and thickness.
“According to Democritus, the expounder of the Atomic Theory of
matter, images composed of the finest atoms floated from the object to
the mind.” —McCosh: Psychological Cognitive Powers , p. 23.
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