Democritus maintains that there can be no great poet without a spite of madness. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
“When we sense something, it is due to the movement of atoms in space. When I see the moon it is because… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
Happiness resides not in possessions and not in golds; the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul. Democritus — Democritus Copy Share Image
“Why does Alexander the Great never tell us about the exact location of his tomb, Fermat about his Last Theorem, John Wilkes… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“The void is 'not-being,' and no part of 'what is' is a 'not-being,'; for what 'is' in the strict sense of the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“And were the vision of Democritus to have been adopted by Western civilization, instead of being cast aside for the pale views… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“Democritus and Heraclitus were two philosophers, of whom the first, finding the condition of man vain and ridiculous, never went out in… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
“Democritus and Heraclitus were two philosophers, of whom the first, finding the condition of man vain and ridiculous, never went out in… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image