Leucippus Quotes | the Originator of the Idea of Atomism

Quotes:

1. “Nothing occurs at random, but everything for a reason and by necessity.”


2. “I refuse to believe that the sun, moon, and stars are living beings.”


3. “Atoms are always in motion in space [void].”


4. “The worlds are formed when atoms fall into the void and are entangled with one another; and from their motion as they increase in bulk arises the substance of the stars.”
   *Leucippus' views as summarized by Diogenes Laertius


5. “The soul is identical with what produces movement in animals.”
   *Leucippus' views as described by Aristotle


6. “Nothing happens without a cause, but with a cause and by necessity.”