Of all things the worst to teach the young is dalliance, fo… - Democritus

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Of all things the worst to teach the young is dalliance, for it is this that is the parent of those pleasures from which wickedness springs.

Democritus

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Democritus (c. 460 BC – c. 370 BC) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher. He is popularly known as "the laughing philosopher" for advocating a cheerful outlook, and for his rhetorical use of irony and ridicule. A pupil of Leucippus, he was an influential pre-Socratic philosopher who formulated an atomic theory of the universe. Of his voluminous writings, only a few fragments of his ethical theory remain, with descriptions by other writers of his atomic theory.

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Native Name: Δημόκριτος

Alternative Names: Democritus of Abdera • Laughing Philosopher • Demokritos

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Of all things the worst to teach the young is dalliance, for it is this that is the parent of those pleasures from which wickedness springs. - Democritus

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