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Episode 14: The Atomic Philosophers
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Length:
53 minutes
Released:
Feb 17, 2022
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Description
Two philosophers, Leucippus and Democritus, attempted to synthesize the monist theories of the earlier natural philosophers with the pluralist theories of Empedocles and Anaxagoras. To do this, they proposed a revolutionary idea — that all matter is made of atoms.
Released:
Feb 17, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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