By convention sweet and by convention bitter, by convention… - Democritus

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By convention sweet and by convention bitter, by convention hot, by convention cold, by convention color; but in reality atoms and void.

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 practical wisdom these are the three fruits: to deliberate well, to speak to the point, to do what is right.

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By convention sweet and by convention bitter, by convention hot, by convention cold, by convention color; but in reality atoms and void. - Democritus

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