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.”

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