sep 7, 460 BC - Democritus - Atomist 460-371 BCE -Believed in atomism meaning the world was made up small particles that you cannot see, called Atoms. -Democritus agreed with Parmenides that thing aren't constantly changing, they never change. -He thought when atoms move and collide they will make new arrangements, making things appear to change. -There is an infinite number of atoms but they can only be arranged in a certain amount of ways, this is why there is only a certain amount of materials on earth.
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