the atom from the ancient philosophers point view of the atomic t heory
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The Atom from the ancient Philosophers point view of the Atomic T heory . By: Tyler, Emily, Tanis. Democritus. He was born in 460 BC in Abdera, Greece Died in 370BC Came from a wealthy and noble family Commonly known as “The laughing Philosopher” Fellow citizens called him “the mocker” - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Atom from the ancient
Philosophers point view of the Atomic
Theory By: Tyler, Emily, Tanis
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DemocritusHe was born in 460 BC in Abdera, Greece
Died in 370BC
Came from a wealthy and noble family
Commonly known as “The laughing Philosopher”
Fellow citizens called him “the mocker”
Was also very well educated Democritus
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AristotleBorn 384 BC in Stagira, Greece
Died 322 BC in Chalcis, Greece
Went to the Platonic Academy (367 BC- 347 BC)
Had two children (Nicomachus, Pythias)
Was a student of Plato (wrote 200 treatises but only 31 survive and was in a lecture format)
Was also very well educated
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Compare and contrast
Comparisons- Both were well educated
Their education were from famous philosophers
Contributed a lot to different fields science (astronomy, math, etc.)
Differences- Their atomic models were different
The public had different views of their findings
Aristotle
Democritus
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Timeline of ideasDemocritus was born in
Albdera
Democritus’s father dies, leading him to search for education
and wisdomDemocritus theory was
more accurate but was not accepted like Aristotle
(unknown date)
Aristotle was born in Stagira, Greece
Aristotle attends the Platonic Academy
Aristotle discovered his Atomic Theory (date
unknown)
460 BC
384 BC
367/347 BC
Old Democritus
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Public view of these
philosophiesAristotle-He was more popular to the people than Democritus. And for many of years his theory was accepted more than Democritus.
Democritus-He was not popular from the peoples point of view even though he came from a wealthy and noble family. As mentioned before the citizens called him the mocker.